RE: Emergency?
In flight emergency? A little past PNR on a flight from Travis to Hickam (Hawaii) lost an engine on my C-121. No big deal, landed normally.
Then another time, flying from the west into Hawaii, my B-57 nose strut collapsed on landing. Not really an "In-flight" event, but almost.
Finally, coming out of Wake Island I lost all hydraulics in a 7C. Too heavy to land, so we just went on the Hickam. Ran off the end of the runway (no brakes) and if the over run hadn't been muddy we all would have had an unscheduled swimming party.
Three times into the islands, and each time a little worse problem. Lesson learned? I never again flew into Hawaii, Seems those people (or the islands themselves) just don't like me. I made sure to fly through Elmendorf on every trans-Pacific run after that. Haw.
Speak true, I have landed two other times off the runway, but they were both due to the expression of displeasure by the VC and the NVA. I don't think they really liked the explosive presents I was taking to them. Haw again.
Bill.