C130 escapes the Hat Police for a bit...
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When it nears the drop zone, the Hercules banks sharply upwards to allow gravity to help shift the heavy load.
how do you do this?
how do you do this?
Now you're being facetious (and showing off a tad)
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'Uncle Al' indeed (cough, splutter)!!! I would have been throttled if I'd ever called him that!!#
But 'tis hard to forget that trip to the US though - you would be hard pressed to find a finer 'gentleman-flier' than Al, even if he had to put up with me as a dullard co! It is amazing to think that we got paid for having so much fun!
However, I agree that he is quite hard to recognise in the 'distinguished grooming-style' he currently sports! Must be some sort of special disguise?
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flip
Al (if you lurk here),
It is good to know that you are still 'doing the biz' - well done to all - you and the rest of the crew (including your AD/GE/whomever).
Blimey, that 'tache has greyed a bit since McChord '94, "Uncle Al!"
But 'tis hard to forget that trip to the US though - you would be hard pressed to find a finer 'gentleman-flier' than Al, even if he had to put up with me as a dullard co! It is amazing to think that we got paid for having so much fun!
However, I agree that he is quite hard to recognise in the 'distinguished grooming-style' he currently sports! Must be some sort of special disguise?
Regs
flip
Al (if you lurk here),
It is good to know that you are still 'doing the biz' - well done to all - you and the rest of the crew (including your AD/GE/whomever).
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Certainly was a good trip Flip, well appart from my sinus issues at the time. Maybe its the passage of time clouding my memory but we certainly seemed to get a lot of good trips back in those days.
Do you remember the presentation evening and the little suprize for a certain WgCmd?
Do you remember the presentation evening and the little suprize for a certain WgCmd?
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My father's National Service included him calculating parachute sizes etc for air-drops.
He was due to go / just finished his degree in statistical mathematics at the time so i assume his skills were recognised and put to the test.
He was due to go / just finished his degree in statistical mathematics at the time so i assume his skills were recognised and put to the test.
