I never got the throw anything out of a Bev but I've spent many a long hour talking to a chap who did a fair bit of Air Drop trials work with them. I like this one best.
On the Bev the extraction parachute was mounted on the rear face of the cargo bay sill and during the pre start up checks someone had used it as a step when getting down. What wasn't noticed was that the relaese had been damaged. During the take off roll the extractor parachute fell off and deployed, this in turn pulled the the Medium Stressed Platform out of the hold and deposited it on the runway. Releived of its load the Bev promptly took off.
Has anyone ever seen the Bev with what looks like an arrestor hook! (Is it the largest aircraft to ever have one?) for Ground Proximity Extraction drops?