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To: patton
We squeezed 40 into an old DC3 (C-47) on a few occasions, hot and stuffy, always such a pleasant relief to leap.
128 posted on 03/03/2008 11:10:45 AM PST by gorush (Exterminate the Moops!)
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To: gorush

Heh - I can’t remember the nomenclature for the sorriest tin can I ever jumped out of, but the AF called it a “gooney bird.”

It was a collection of aircraft parts flying in loose formation - very loose formation. The corregated tin sides of the aircraft rattled.

Never been so glad to jump out of an airplane in my life. ;)


132 posted on 03/03/2008 11:18:44 AM PST by patton (cuiquam in sua arte credendum)
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