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Two hundred paratroopers sitting in the double-decker-hold of a C-124 cargo plane during training maneuvers.
Location: US
Date taken: May 28, 1951
Photographer: Hank Walker
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Two hundred paratroopers sitting in the double-decker-hold of a C-124 cargo plane during training maneuvers.
Location: US
Date taken: May 28, 1951
Photographer: Hank Walker
I've never seen one of those...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Rochester
They were a pretty good ride... the Globemaster II. As I recall, the coffeemaker could make enough coffee for everyone aboard in fifteen minutes... and do so in any bank the plane was rated at. The one downside was that the standard canvas sling seat had a bar running directly across the center. The canvas soon stretched so that your butt was on the bar. Your butt would invariably go to sleep in flight.Quote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
Bob
Jump commands for a C124. "Everybody upstairs, downstairs! Everybody downstairs, OUTSIDE!"
Jumpmaster joke.
BEAR
"Old Shaky." Even with the engines harmonized it vibrated and shook.
Bob