You don't have to be a Nike veteran to "volunteer" be listed as an "expert".

Self introductions of some people listed above

Seattle - Michael M. Hansen I noticed that you have a listing of Nike "experts" on your site, and no one listed for the Seattle area. Researching Nike sites around Seattle, especially the Cougar Mountain site (S-20), is my main hobby. Since I was hiking with my father and came across a rusty fence topped with barbed wire surrounding a grassy clearing full of mysterious concrete pads, I have been poking around on the internet and in libraries trying to find out as much as I can about what went on there. I assembled a sign board for the King County Parks Department so other hikers won't be as puzzled, and I am working on a web site for the whole Seattle defense area. I think it would be better if a Nike veteran were to be the Seattle expert, but for now I volunteer. Contact information: Michael M. Hansen 4157 West Mercer Way Mercer Island, WA 98040-3405 (206) 232-1069 T-1 - Colin Ramsay (In response to my asking if I could list him as an "expert".) ED, I've never liked experts, but I was pretty good at T-1 maintenance and operation. Don't remember much now,its been a while. I used to run the T-1 for special classes at Abernathy (it had an air-conditioner) but mostly maintained the track radars, TTR, MTR, TRR, LOPAR & trailer mounted consoles, test set, etc. And oh yea, picked trash off that damn chain link fence and threw the tumbleweeds over. Herc missiles - From Terry Kerns I'm not an expert anymore, but am helpful. Its been a long time. In response to a long list of questions from Ed Thelen - The umbilical cord was connected to the missile using a shear block, then from there it was connected to the rail (I believe it was called P104 and P105 (one on each side of the rail). From there each cable ran into the launcher by way of a quicl disconnect that had a hendle for the crewman to connect it to the launcher quickly. When the missile took off, the cord would shear from the bottom of the missile. Did daily checks every morning, cycled the launchers every day. - had to check the air pressure on the surge accumulator all the time on one of the launchers though What held the missile on the rail? The missile was held onto the rail with a "T" hook on the front flush or indented up to an eighth of an inch with the pad attached to the booster rear (I forget what it was called). The Launcher Control Trailer was the "go between" from the IFC and the launcher area. Most of the time we ran without it using emergency procedures. I'll try and write down a drill (as much as I can remember) for each crewman's position when I get a chance Thanks for making me try to remember. Terry