I read with interest Mike Berry's article, "Maintenance Safety," in the July issue, especially the admonition to account for all of one's tools. I flew F-4s in the U.S. Navy and one of my friends, Pete Pilcher, was the unfortunate victim of an errant socket from a wrench set. The F-4's control stick well, where the base of the stick was attached to the various control cables, was square—about one inch deep—and just larger than the stick base to allow full range of motion. Attached to the bottom of the stick and covering the well was a canvas boot to prevent objects from entering it and jam-mine the stick.
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