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Old February 4th 16, 01:03 PM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
RiĀ©ardo
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Default Heavy Air Drop

On 04/02/2016 08:55, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
On Wed, 3 Feb 2016 15:35:17 +0000, Ri©ardo
wrote:

On 03/02/2016 02:10, Fabian Russell wrote:
Interesting video.

But why aren't the soldiers following?


Because the aircraft will have to do another circuit so that they're
dropped as close to the heavy drop as possible.


Eep. If the bad guys are bad shots, they get a second chance at all
the good guys.


Hi Bob, how true that is.

However, given the speed of the aircraft and the time elapsed from the
first vehicle's departure from the aircraft, how many miles away will
the aircraft be from the landed vehicles when the lads get out? Imagine
a a minimum of a five mile hike through hostile territory to claim a
couple of essential vehicles which, by that time, could already be in
enemy hands.

Separation of heavy drop and personnel drop would seem common sense,
would it not, with the personnel coming in within a few minutes of the
heavy stuff? Even better, get the troops on the ground first to secure
perimeters and then await the heavy stuff!

I know that they're dreadful pictures, but fifty years have passed and
the Kodak Brownie 127 did have some limitations. Here's me with a
vehicle I helped to rig and, and the next one, which I took, was after
parachuting in and assisting with securing the DZ, to allow instant
access to our vehicles and kit once they landed.

Ri©ardo

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