 CORPORAL EMMIE-ELLEN GIBBONS
On 17 March 2004, Corporal Gibbons was conducting a routine maintenance acceptance check on the contractor modified T-33 Sliver Star 133648. The quality work performed by the contractor to introduce an ejection test bed modification into the Canadair built Silver Star had notably been first-rate. There was no call to go beyond the routine inspections required by the applicable acceptance check criteria but Corporal Gibbons professionalism led her to meticulously explore every nook and cranny of the aircraft. Her perseverance in verifying a suspected anomaly of the control stick linkage assembly was rewarded through extra investigation. With some measure of contortion she found a two-inch long hex to quarter inch adapter tool partially hidden under the control stick linkage assembly.
Corporal Gibbons is commended for her professionalism as demonstrated through her diligent approach to duty. Her efforts, as exhibited in this instance, were essential in eliminating the potential for this wayward tool to become a factor in a tragic occurrence.
Corporal Gibbons serves with the Aerospace Engineering Testing Establishment, 4 Wing Cold Lake.
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