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Show r Page HILL TOP TIMES 22 Friday, November 19, 1982 She monitors performance Phantom's back seat in the By Lucinda Schuf t Public .Affairs Office Capt. Ann Thedieck is a flight test , engineer in the Engineering Division, Directorate of Materiel Management at Hill AFB. Her job is flying in the back seat of F-- 4 Phantoms and monitoring changes implemented in the aircraft. She is one of three, flight test engineers stationed here and the only woman on the team. She's been con- proposed modifications and software changes prior to their full implementation in the Air Force fleet. ' I Al Captain Thedieck's job involves directing these airborne tests and making sure they are properly ex-- . ' ' ecuted. She helps plan the tests, ob) Vy, tains the needed assets,! briefs the J pilots or actually conducts the tests in the air, and determines if the data collected is sufficient. Her flying time varies from several times a week to a month between, flights. Flight test engineers receive hazardous duty pay but Captain Thedieck maintains, "We don't do anything dangerous." are She said the tests run on the usually done from the back seat of the plane, but if a test is done on the the pilot is briefed before the flight since the Ogden ALC 6 is only a one : seater. . The tests she monitors are varied. They can involve monitoring softwear changes on the radar and navigation equipment to flying chase on another aircraft and watching during munitions checks to see if everything is functioning properly. Her favorite part of flying in a fighter aircraft? "I like the air to air (combat) the best," she said. "You get the feeling of the whole airplane when ' 'V you're doing this." Force Photo by Gregg Wixorrt) (U.S. She also describes flying in the jet Capt. Ann Thedieck, a flight test engineer, sits in the back seat of an Ogden F-used in testing changes or modifications in the F-- 4 fighter as "being in your own little Air Logistics Center world.'' systems before adoption in similar aircraft throughout the world. I ) I " g - school. Wanted a flying career prevented Captain Thedieck1 from many flying career fields in the Air Force. She learned of the flight test program while on her first duty assignment with space systems in 1974 and decided this was the way she should go if flying was to be in her future. "I was interested in flying and this was the only way I could get there," ' , Currently she flies in the back seat of F-- 4 Phantoms belonging to the Ogden Air Logistics Center. Ogden ALC has the management responsibility for F--4 and 6 aircraft and the test aircraft it owns are used to provide efficient and conclusive testing of -- F-1- F-1- 6 F-1- ' - ' ' - " ' ' Air 4 three-dimension- al , at Martin Bros. Nynn's How Overheating is the Number One cause of mechanical breakdown on the road. Number One. That's the problem. Here's the solution. Power Flush. A very thorough treat- Wynn's ment combining pressurized air and water to flush out rust, scale, sludge killers to your cooling system. Overheating season is upon us and your car's life may be at stake. Get it in for a Power-Flustreatment before you both blow your cool. fj 1THDMK 1 j&srnZyJ&j h Reg. Plus you receive FREE a 64 oz. HotCold Thermos with your wynrvs Power Flush Purchase SMOW ! 1. Flushing compound. 2. Flushing plus back flushing t FREE MOUNTING )3 Plus Useable Casing w t C $2.00 Off ys-- FREE MOUNTING -- a Casing specifications with antifreeze. You receive a complete car chassis lubrication Up to 5 qts. of Quaker State Oil (One of 4 rtnnn?r7rv it ASK FOR : 52.00 Off X I J. I teg. yy $u -- V THESE FREE EXTRAS Car chassis Inspection Vacuuming Windows washed 10 MIN ..'Vk'--- .T. 1 America's Finest) 1040 Deluxe 20c extra a qt. Oil filter CCDDD & : n Oi0G' U Expires Nov. 30, 1982 I X 1 J. 1 J. I .T. I J. I .!. ! .1. AJL Ci) Plus Useable 5. We fill your car to manufacturers $2.00 Off Bros. f B78xl3 and 'TTTnrrnfTrTTTTTTTTTTVr Afa rfin Bros CoUDOnrTTTTVTTT?TTTTTTTTn hi g Radiator treatment conditioner. 4. Radiator stop leak. 3. heater core, radiator, and engine block separate. BR78x13 v F-- 4 Restrictions in the military on women being placed in combat situations and her corrected eyesight v - Directs airborne tests ducting airborne tests since graduation from the Air Force's year-lontest pilot school at Edwards AFB, Calif, in 1979. She's one of three women who have completed this she said. I i T J. 2.C0 Off 1 J rVJJJU O 8: O " |