22 Aug 2022 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

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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[browningautorifle]

C-124 cargo plane

I've never seen one of those...

[Bob Womack]

I've never seen one of those...

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.

Bob

[BEAR]

Jump commands for a C124. "Everybody upstairs, downstairs! Everybody downstairs, OUTSIDE!"
Jumpmaster joke.

BEAR

[Bob Womack]

"Old Shaky." Even with the engines harmonized it vibrated and shook.

Bob