He reminds me of the old NPR guys back in the late 90s early 00s. That’s one of the things that made me a subscriber.
Man reading back on this thread (and some others) I miss members telling sea stories…
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Me too 
Sadly my life is mostly boring, but if it helps I could tell you the old story about how a malfunctioning Uzi ruined my golden marksmanship badge.
Or maybe the one how I destroyed a military dirt bike.
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Me, I never was in the service. Closest I got was taking examination as a draftee in the very month the Dutch draft was suspended. I was never called up, which was fine by me. Perhaps my parents wouldn’t have minded at all, as I was being a deadbeat with gusto at that age.
I would love to hear both of those stories! 
I know someone that while shooting a pistol qualification, made enough hits in his target, and then put the rest into his buddy’s target in the next lane, right at the bottom… 
Back on topic, that was a fascinating video, I’d never heard that great an explanation of exactly how the error was made, and the chain of events that led to the fuel starvation. I always thought it was a little simpler!
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Pretty decent TV movie of the event starring William Devane.
Falling from the Sky: Flight 174
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113018/Wheels
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When I was in basic training in the army we had our weekly day down the range and you had to show consistency and a certain amount of accuracy with your score or there was a chance you could be back squadded (assigned to the intake 2 weeks behind in training). One of our good friends was seriously in such danger so we decided to help him out.
The instructors were suitably impressed with his results that day, with a 20 round magazine he managed to get a score of 36 hits, 21 in the bulls eye 
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Sharp dressed man! 
It involves Viggens 
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Ooh i know that one. Great story!
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February 8th 1916 - 100 Years Ago. Mother, the er…mother of all Britain’s heavy tanks of WW1 had her first full trials at Hatfield Park, near London from 29th January 1916 to 8th February. The photo actually probably shows her at Lincoln (where she was built), and images of the Hatfield trials are rare. The run on the 8th February was in front of the King and in an account of the event Sir Eustance Tennyson D’Eyncourt (Chair of the Landships Committee) made what is possibly the first use in writing of the new vehicle as a “tank”. Who came up with the term, when, is still the subject of debate, and it may alreday have been in use at Foster’s Factory in Lincoln. Albert Stern later said that the cover name for the machines being created was “Water Carrier” but that “Tank” stuck.
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On my doorstep.
My own village housed airborne engineer squadron. 1st Airborne Divisionwas housed throughout the local villages and towns.
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We were told that the name ‘tank’ came about to fool the German’s into thinking that they were water tanks… It must be true because SNCO’s have never, ever embellished or made up a story to impress or frighten young soldiers 
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Water tanks were the cover for them when being moved by train. Their side gun sponsons were removed (to fit through tunnels and bridges). Tanks trvelled to France and around England covered in tarpaulins.
I once had dinner in “the Tank rooms” upstairs in the White Hart, Lincoln. Because the factory was so noisy the design team and draughtsmen took over the rooms in 1915-18 to brainstorm ideas that led to the creation and then development of tanks. Lots of intresting pictures and memorabilia inside. Access is possible by asking the barman or reception nicely.
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Another great one from THG.
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Another interesting Broken Arrow incident, by THG.
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Is that the one that fell off the carrier near Japan and was accidentally revealed to the Japanese decades later?
That’s the one.