When the boom operator's flow panel showed a positive transfer rate, he reported, "Taking fuel."
At that moment the boom operator reported, "Forward limit disconnect, 642."
"I've got a visual on you, 641," the boom operator said.
Air Force officers said a boom operator recently put the nozzle through the windshield of a receiver.
He strapped himself into the long wide boom operator's bench and stared out the window beneath their feet.
The boom operator saw nothing below him except a single light.
The boom operator reached above him and flicked a switch.
What the The boom operator's words stuck in his throat.
Burnett went on to work as a boom operator on the show.
A producer for the show had "Michael" replaced as boom operator.