Originally Posted by
Sloppy Link
We still fly with the doors off if the weather permits or over water displays. Minus is the wind noise over the mike, throat mike’s are a thing of the past now.
I've still got a throat-mike. Much preferred by me to the boomy thing.
As for doors-off. Wind noise was the worst problem. Rear doors off made life safer when troops were loading/ unloading themselves, 'cos the door jettison handles produced no expensive after effects, no matter how many heaves given!