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11 years 4 months ago #27582 by faawrenchbndr
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A Dirty Thirty is like a short bed, one ton, pickup. It will never ride like a Cadillac, or an Airbus!

Dirty, smelly, hot,........mmmmm good!

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11 years 4 months ago #27585 by LebbenB
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faawrenchbndr wrote: A Dirty Thirty is like a short bed, one ton, pickup. It will never ride like a Cadillac, or an Airbus!

Dirty, smelly, hot,........mmmmm good!

Or a C17 ;)

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11 years 4 months ago #27586 by faawrenchbndr
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Never played with those much. I do know they are an electrical nightmare!
I would rather fly in a Herc, than a 17.......especially in the shit.

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11 years 4 months ago #27587 by LebbenB
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faawrenchbndr wrote: Never played with those much. I do know they are an electrical nightmare!
I would rather fly in a Herc, than a 17.......especially in the shit.

Flown in both "In the shit." No problems either way. What WAS hairy was a C141 @ 500ft AGL.
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11 years 4 months ago #27588 by jtallen83
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LebbenB wrote:

faawrenchbndr wrote: Never played with those much. I do know they are an electrical nightmare!
I would rather fly in a Herc, than a 17.......especially in the shit.

Flown in both "In the shit." No problems either way. What WAS hairy was a C141 @ 500ft AGL.


AMEN, I thought jumping out of the 141 was one of the more disturbing things I was asked to do, when I went out the door it reminded me of being tumbled inside a wave minus the water. How everything doesn't become a tangled mess was a wonder. That was without a combat load!

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11 years 4 months ago #27593 by LebbenB
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Woe betide you should your exit be too vigorous and you jump beyond the wind deflector of the 141.
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11 years 4 months ago #27619 by jtallen83
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LebbenB wrote: Woe betide you should your exit be too vigorous and you jump beyond the wind deflector of the 141.


I'm betting that was the issue! I don't recall getting any instruction on that. It was obviously moving faster than the 130.
I always prefered the Chinook, everything was nice and calm just a few seconds after exit, of course the hydraulic fluid running across the floor made me glad I had the chute!

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11 years 4 months ago #27620 by LebbenB
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I was taught to exit a 141 at an angle and to walk out the door vs jumping. Going out of it over Panama, it really didn't make a difference because I had so much Shiite on me that I fell like a camo'd sack of garbage - it was everything I could do to just get out of the door; I couldn't have jumped if I wanted to.

I agree, CH47 blasts are the BEST.
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