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John Szalay wrote:
CWO4 Dave Mann wrote in

Great airplane to jump out of, too ... Very smooth exit from the ramp
or the side doors. Not like the old C141's.

Cheers,

Dave



I don't know about that , I always liked the C-141, especially if
you are first in the door.. once the blast shield is extended
and the platform is out, its a heck of a place to stand. your
soutside the plane looking through the holes in the blast shield
or down.. two planes I hated to jump was the C-124 and the C-123
both were a real bitch...


Only a/c I jumped was C130, C141, Huey and a static Balloon -- military
jumps. My skydiving days were mostly from Beavers or Twin Otters. Some
of the stuff the kids at the 82d have today ... wow --- the old T10 is a
museum piece.

All the Way!

Dave

CWO4 Dave Mann wrote in news:yoidnV1-
Only a/c I jumped was C130, C141, Huey and a static Balloon --
military jumps. My skydiving days were mostly from Beavers or Twin
Otters. Some of the stuff the kids at the 82d have today ... wow ---
the old T10 is a museum piece.

All the Way!

Dave




As a pathfinder, I was able to get in jumps from many various birds
C-119 (door and tailgate, weird flying without the clamshell doors on..)
C-123 (Not fun, way too much prop blast)
C-124 ( hate that plane, too much sheet metal behind the door, and the
plane flys like a pig)
C-130 (door and tailgate)
C-141
C-7 Caribou (tailgate, before the USAF took them away from the army)
U6-Beaver
UH-1 Huey
CH-47 Chinook

Jumped T-10 and MC-1 chutes

can't remember all the skydiving planes..

John Szalay wrote:
CWO4 Dave Mann wrote in news:yoidnV1-
Only a/c I jumped was C130, C141, Huey and a static Balloon --
military jumps. My skydiving days were mostly from Beavers or Twin
Otters. Some of the stuff the kids at the 82d have today ... wow ---
the old T10 is a museum piece.

All the Way!

Dave




As a pathfinder, I was able to get in jumps from many various birds
C-119 (door and tailgate, weird flying without the clamshell doors on..)
C-123 (Not fun, way too much prop blast)
C-124 ( hate that plane, too much sheet metal behind the door, and the
plane flys like a pig)
C-130 (door and tailgate)
C-141
C-7 Caribou (tailgate, before the USAF took them away from the army)
U6-Beaver
UH-1 Huey
CH-47 Chinook

Jumped T-10 and MC-1 chutes

can't remember all the skydiving planes..


We need some pictures to go with this thread! Here's some of mine from
a variety of places and sources.


Cheers,

Dave

We need some pictures to go with this thread! Here's some of mine from
a variety of places and sources.