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That's funny you mention color blind, I have pretty bad color deficiency, I have found that I tend to look at shapes rather than color contrast. I retired from the AF in 95 and in 03, I went back to work on the U-2's at that time you had to have good color vision. I didn't pass the standard test and that nearly kept me from getting the job. Then I told the doctor, I had been doing the same job maintaining jets at that base for 10 years. So he said I could do a verbal test, pointing to some things of various colors. I guess I got them right because he signed me off.

Anyway, I got tired of the same old stuff and I went back to retirement and working for myself. In 07, I ran into one of my old SR-71 buddies, he just happened to be one of those guys who bought a bunch of used Blackbird parts from that salvage yard. Who would have guessed, I'm back to working on Blackbird parts again, but in a different way of sorts. If you get a chance check out my web site http://mach3ti.com
Keep your MACH UP!

Sorry about going off topic, I'm new to this site.

<blockquote data-quote="Dark Eagle" data-source="post: 127062" data-attributes="member: 7521">That's funny you mention color blind, I have pretty bad color deficiency, I have found that I tend to look at shapes rather than color contrast. I retired from the AF in 95 and in 03, I went back to work on the U-2's at that time you had to have good color vision. I didn't pass the standard test and that nearly kept me from getting the job. Then I told the doctor, I had been doing the same job maintaining jets at that base for 10 years. So he said I could do a verbal test, pointing to some things of various colors. I guess I got them right because he signed me off. Anyway, I got tired of the same old stuff and I went back to retirement and working for myself. In 07, I ran into one of my old SR-71 buddies, he just happened to be one of those guys who bought a bunch of used Blackbird parts from that salvage yard. Who would have guessed, I'm back to working on Blackbird parts again, but in a different way of sorts. If you get a chance check out my web site http://mach3ti.comKeep your MACH UP! Sorry about going off topic, I'm new to this site.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dark Eagle, post: 127062, member: 7521"] That's funny you mention color blind, I have pretty bad color deficiency, I have found that I tend to look at shapes rather than color contrast. I retired from the AF in 95 and in 03, I went back to work on the U-2's at that time you had to have good color vision. I didn't pass the standard test and that nearly kept me from getting the job. Then I told the doctor, I had been doing the same job maintaining jets at that base for 10 years. So he said I could do a verbal test, pointing to some things of various colors. I guess I got them right because he signed me off. Anyway, I got tired of the same old stuff and I went back to retirement and working for myself. In 07, I ran into one of my old SR-71 buddies, he just happened to be one of those guys who bought a bunch of used Blackbird parts from that salvage yard. Who would have guessed, I'm back to working on Blackbird parts again, but in a different way of sorts. If you get a chance check out my web site http://mach3ti.com Keep your MACH UP! Sorry about going off topic, I'm new to this site. [/QUOTE]

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