To The Pilot Dropping Meat Bombs at Lilydale on Sunday 4th May
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Get the deck angle on this Porter!!!
http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=t9PxJU3eIcA
http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=t9PxJU3eIcA
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A drogue parachute was used to achieve the descent angle in the Porter, more details here:
http://www.joejennings.com/planeto.htm
http://www.joejennings.com/planeto.htm
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ok for the ol porter but check out this twotter !!
http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=-jbI_C...eature=related
http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=-jbI_C...eature=related
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Porter v's C130
I have no doubt you could probably do better than the C130 on descent in your Porter sms777, however the Herc will do in one sortie what it would probably take you 10 or 12 sorties to achieve as far as numbers of jumpers go, so I guess I would get to the bar a lot sooner than you!
Old Fella
In that regards you are an outright winner no doubt.
But i yet to see a private operator paying the costs of a C130 for the fun of meatbombing.
Now.... where did i put my lottery ticket?
I love to team up with you if i ever win the big one
But i yet to see a private operator paying the costs of a C130 for the fun of meatbombing.
Now.... where did i put my lottery ticket?
I love to team up with you if i ever win the big one
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Old fella,
Oh really was it Patton? I'm so dumb I didn't know. Der.
There I was in the Spruce Goose at 6 feet dropping millions of jumpers!
Time to get your hand off your namesake.
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Oh really was it Patton? I'm so dumb I didn't know. Der.
There I was in the Spruce Goose at 6 feet dropping millions of jumpers!
Time to get your hand off your namesake.
.
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Patton - Spruce Goose etc
Well Bill, it seems you are one of that sad group who like to have a go at others but feel deeply offended if some of your own comes back your way. Your personal barb says more about you than it does about me. 
sms777, would love to share a lottery ticket with you mate. BTW, Google up Cherry Aviation and have a look at the last C130A with Aeroproducts props still operating (ex RAAF A97-212 now N131EC) which, amongst other uses, has been used on a number of occasions during parachute competitions in the USA. Clear to Drop, I'm too slow to get the drift of your post so you had better spell it out for me. 
Happy landings all! OF
sms777, would love to share a lottery ticket with you mate. BTW, Google up Cherry Aviation and have a look at the last C130A with Aeroproducts props still operating (ex RAAF A97-212 now N131EC) which, amongst other uses, has been used on a number of occasions during parachute competitions in the USA. Clear to Drop, I'm too slow to get the drift of your post so you had better spell it out for me. Happy landings all! OF
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Have spent a bit of time in my past dropping the bombs. Have to say our recent foray into using a Dornier 228 when it's available has been a lot of fun. If it wasn't for ATC we wouldv'e had a 12 minute load the other day. Not as good as watching the old porter down at lower light but good fun all the same.
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Cjam, can you explain your straight out and straight in method?? Curious to know that's all...
I found a gently banking from side to side gave some momentary increases on the good ol VSI which over the course of descent gave you an extra few hundred feet descent without any noticeble loads on the airframe.
I found a gently banking from side to side gave some momentary increases on the good ol VSI which over the course of descent gave you an extra few hundred feet descent without any noticeble loads on the airframe.
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I saw on the tele that the C7 Globemaster can go from 36k to the ground in 2 minutes. Apparently you can go into full reverse in flight..... I'd never want to be in that plane but would love to know if it's true. 18k fpm sheesh
I saw an article on it on 60 minutes after the RAAF got their first and the approach into the unsealed strip looked awesome.
I saw an article on it on 60 minutes after the RAAF got their first and the approach into the unsealed strip looked awesome.
A guy I used to know who flew C130s for the UN said they can use a bit of reverse to steepen the descent. Sounds like it would drop like a grand piano.
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Reverse thrust in-flight
Don't know about the UN pilots pulling reverse prior to touch-down. The only reported times it was done to my knowledge was when the USN trialled carrier landings onto the USS Forrestall, and then only just prior to touch-down. In ten years on the C130's I never witnessed it.
Poor Lycomings @ contenentals !!!
