STORY 001 { Story of M1181}

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Story  of   M1181

TIME COMES AND GOES BUT THERE WERE  AND THERE  ARE SO STRANGE THINGS THAT HAD HAPPENED THAT WHEN I TRY TO REMEMBER   THE FEELINGS OF THAT TIME WHEN THAT PARTICULAR EVENT OCCURRED TO ME I MYSELF GET IN DOUBT WAS  IT REAL OR  WAS IT  AN ILLUSION?? BUT AS I HAVE THE PROOF OF THAT PARTICULAR TIME I PROUDLY CAN TELL THE TRUTH WITHOUT ANY PLUS-MINUS  BUT AS I ADMIT I AM NOT A GOOD WRITER SO THE TRUE STORY SOMETIMES SOUNDS  LIKE A FAKE ONE  ANYWAY READ THIS STORY OR LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR  YOURSELF WHAT  STRANGE THINGS HAD HAPPENED TO SHUJAT ALI ABBASI

This is the story of my early days in SAUDIA  when i  was  hired as mechanic 1 in SPECIAL FLIGHT SERVICES of Saudi Arabian Airlines

It was the year 1980 I was stable in my job as the senior mechanic Mr. Dick Pearson had taken my class so well that everybody was surprised at my progress and i was going very well in the aircraft G2 MAINTENANCE for some people  and for some I became intolerable and that was the main reason I took a transfer to the big hanger of tristar of the MAJOR BASE but  AS I WILL only emphasize on this story  as there are many to tell  and life is short

But it requires more explanation I will concentrate on this present story

You know I was new in that group of people so I was very obedient and accepting of their needs this story is a story of strange and unbelievable things which happened that one night yes that night was the best of all my aviation  engineering career and technical life the night was the night I wish I see again but time flies off and memories of the events put me  in a such condition not understandable by anyone but only myself

I was a rolling stone being the junior but that night made me the star of  unexpected and unbelievable history now

It was midnight on 31 Dec 1980 and the new year of 1981 was going to start 

My duty started at 2200 of 31 dec 1980 and had to finish 01 jan 1981 my friends & the general foreman my immediate supervisor who were   around me working with me told that  hai ABBAS Tonight IS a very important night as we are assigning you as the night supervisor  only for tonight we will    see how you handle the things as few of us will just enjoy the  happy new year and you are the boss tonight  well I was astonished but there was no other way too  but nobody told me that it’s going to be the heaviest and very responsible as well as remarkable  night involvement wise unbelievable aircraft arrival and departure  took place as there was a big   conference ( The third Islamic Summit Conference) which  was held  at Taif (Saudi Arabia)  and  lot of VVIP movement was expected through SPECIAL FLIGHT SERVICES which comprised of  our fleet of grumens G2 aircrafts AND THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED  I was involved fully in receiving get the aircraft refueled and departure as well In total I handle more than 10 sorties of G2 arrival and departure from and to  different countries and   was very remarkable for me to serve crew of different nationalities as you all know that when the crew get some ground time they also wish to talk with  the ground crew as well so it was a pleasant atmosphere and a night which will be remembered   and  that   everything was very smoothly done  The remarkable thing happened when a senior pilot of another country  politely tried to correct the work by pointing the column for maintenance signature  hold my hand and stopping  me from signing  on the log book and try to correct it by  describing the columns for date written and column for maintenance ( work performed or remarks)  signature he thought may be I am not aware and that

I don’t know anything as he never saw me so active like that night that  never had the chance to release the log book before (you know many pilots or flight engineer have some kind of supremacy   ((supermissy)) feeling on ground crew ) and may be  my face was new for him and with a commanding tone  he start telling me that this column of the log book is for date and this column is for maintenance  mechanic number and for the signature and I was making continuous  mistakes  I looked at him and told sir today is 01 jan 1981 and i am writing that correct date  then he said why then you are writing 1181 again  and i had to explain sir this is my mechanic number too  that was M1181 GIVEN BY SAUDI AUTHORITIES AS I WAS CERTIFIED MECHANIC AND  TO MY SECOND SURPRISE HE SAID CAN YOU SIGN ONE MORE FOR me on  MY personal LOG BOOK  AND i did it it was like this 1.1.81/M1181  HE ALSO SHOOK MY  shoulder and SHOOK  HAND AND SMILED he  folded that another paper  which he kept in his bag and said THIS IS YOUR goodluck number  well that night i became famous as every refueling slip and all the documents related to aircraft work was M1181 IN DOZEN OF SHEETS also REFUELING SHEETS record for refueling service providers   in the morning they congratulated me for the successful night operation  which was performed under my command …yes almost alone with some cleaner helper  the other AIRCRAFT CERTIFIED  maintenance crew  were on a new year private gathering in their residential compound of saudia airline name  known as SAUDIA CITY (KHALIDIYA JEDDAH)  so  i should not bring this funny comparison but  it was something like HOME ALONE(HANGAR ALONE) but there a single boy was facing strangers and handling accordingly and here  ….i was

handling incoming GRUMMAN  GULFSTREAM  G2 and    G3 or CESSNA CITATION   aircrafts  sortie PROVIDING all kinds of ground support like refueling inspecting the required items and also marshaling coordination of commissary service  (this kind of operation the first and in my life was an overexposure of my abilities (AN ADVERSE FEELING WAS AROUSE its true when you go up you expose your*** for more ******** as the news was spread in my circle that for  Taif  Islamic summit conference night ABBASI  .. M1181 TOOK THE ,,,,,,,,,, WELL  FIX ANY VERB OR ADJECTIVE IN THIS SPACE  as i always write and say life goes on  nobody remember the good things performed and praised for   but people don’t forget the things as well which are adverse … ( ISLAMIC SUMMIT CONFERENCE OF 1981) can be checked through GOOGLE search FOR  LOCATION and date accomplish 01 JAN 1981 (1-1-81)and my sign off      MAINTENANCE NUMBER  WAS M1181 .. do you believe in NUMBER GAME  THEN WHY THE M1181 JUST GOT FAMOUS ON 1-1-81 ANY IDEA                       Image result for thinking cartoon animation without copyright

It was a remarkable day on January 01 / 1981 .https://youtu.be/XPB3FjooXsQ

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