Hey Megan, Re Your # 18.....
At the 'Old Fliers Group' (JT) we were being regaled with a story of the 'early days' of WA newspaper deliveries to Country towns.
The ex RAAF Hudson aircraft did not have the time to land at various destinations, and it was too expensive anyway, so the bundles were simply pushed out by the 'kid in the back' at the appropriate shout from the pilot.
Our raconteur tells of the time he pushed out a large bundle, exactly on the shout, and it landed IN the back of the waiting ute.....a direct hit......and ....ALAS....said ute was never to be driven again.
Nobody was in the ute, that was part of the procedure, the guys on the ground were all watching the aircraft of course, no doubt taking bets on how far from them the papers would land, like they usually did.
Nobody was injured, No animals were harmed /sacrificed and they eventually got a new ute!
(Which they never took out to the airport......)
TROO STORY !!