So can a C-141 (back up).
BTW I'm listening to a lesson on how to back up a C-141 and if you didn't shutdown the APU it would overheat and could cause a fire. Ahhh the lengths I go to to keep you guys entertained.
Veterans...Get the hell in here now!
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BTW I'm listening to a lesson on how to back up a C-141 and if you didn't shutdown the APU it would overheat and could cause a fire. Ahhh the lengths I go to to keep you guys entertained.
Dorian2
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Hey folks. I'm not a vet but I grew up in the DND system in Canada. 2 Grandfathers WW2, uncles in Korea, Father peacekeeping in Egypt in the 60's. He was RCAF 447 helicopter transport (Chinooks). Most of my family is Military and Nurses.
Just paying respect to all here.
Just paying respect to all here.
Rewerb
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Potential Drop Zone nearby? That C-130 has its air deflectors extended in front of the paratroop doors (always a good practice unless you enjoy a very brutal L/R turn from zero to 120 kts!!).
Rewerb
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I'm the first guy you see geeking at the camera whilst getting his rig checked:
I used to get in trouble for doing freefall exits off the back ramp of a C-130 wearing a static-line rig - FUCK 'EM!
Then there's the load-follow jumps with Zodiacs on pallets that scared the shit out of me....... The loadmasters released the 2nd load too soon & I exited at the same time as the 2nd pallet was released. I physically pushed it away from me whilst we were both in freefall from the aircraft......
Yes, I sometimes enjoyed my military service....
Sometimes I still feel the rage. I prefer to remember the good stuff.
I used to get in trouble for doing freefall exits off the back ramp of a C-130 wearing a static-line rig - FUCK 'EM!
Then there's the load-follow jumps with Zodiacs on pallets that scared the shit out of me....... The loadmasters released the 2nd load too soon & I exited at the same time as the 2nd pallet was released. I physically pushed it away from me whilst we were both in freefall from the aircraft......
Yes, I sometimes enjoyed my military service....
Sometimes I still feel the rage. I prefer to remember the good stuff.
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DarkWeb
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They practice a lot around here.
Good eye!
Why are you jumping from a plane configured with litter stanchions (medevac)? My hub pointed them out and asked me to ask.
raratt
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I did not know that, learned something today!
We didn't leave the aircraft until it was landed.
Rewerb
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Good eye! 'Never gave them a second glance before now. As far as I can remember, they were always attached to the uprights, just not used for their intended purpose. It was just the way the seating was configured (ie. inboard & outboard sticks on each side). Very versatile aircraft, the C-130.
BarnBuster
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Rewerb
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On Weald of Kent I watched once more
Again I heard that grumbling roar -
of fighter planes, yet none were near
and all around the sky was clear
borne on the wind a whisper came -
though men grow old, They stay the same
and then I knew unseen to eye -
the ageless few were sweeping by.
Again I heard that grumbling roar -
of fighter planes, yet none were near
and all around the sky was clear
borne on the wind a whisper came -
though men grow old, They stay the same
and then I knew unseen to eye -
the ageless few were sweeping by.
Project Propeller
The Project Propeller Charity is an annual reunion for ex-World War 2 aircrew held at airfield locations throughout the UK
raratt
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That's the only song my brother can play.
BarnBuster
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On March 29, 1973 the last U.S. combat troops left South Vietnam, ending direct U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War. Military advisers to the South Vietnamese Army remained, as did Marines protecting U.S. installations, and thousands of Defense Department civilians.
Rewerb
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You know who you are & where the thanks reside......but for others:
INVICTUS:
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.
INVICTUS:
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.
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BarnBuster
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The Monstrous Submarine Pens Built to Shelter the Kriegsmarine's Wolfpacks
The submarine pens built in WWII were some of the biggest concrete construction works of the war, and some of toughest targets throughout all of Europe.
www.warhistoryonline.com
BarnBuster
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Different spanks for different ranks:
"The Marines and sailors who died were failed by a chain of command that sent them on a mission without any safety boats or sufficient rest, investigators found."
taskandpurpose.com
"The Marines and sailors who died were failed by a chain of command that sent them on a mission without any safety boats or sufficient rest, investigators found."
'Fire the generals' — Who is to blame for the Marine Corps’ deadliest training accident in decades
'The solution is to fire the generals.'
taskandpurpose.com