=?UTF-8?B?UmnCqWFyZG8=?= <here@glorious-somerset.uk> wrote in
news:fKOdnWtLGYbOFo_InZ2dnUU7-VmdnZ2d@giganews.com:
> Here's a Beverley in action.
>
> This aircraft had a double decker type fuselage, the crew being
> upstairs with accommodation extending into the tail boom This, as well
> the side doors, could be used for paratrooping purposes but luckily,
> as it entailed jumping into a hole in the floor of the boom, I managed
> to avoid that pleasure.
>
> Interesting times! I never did tell my wife about that one.
>
> Ri©ardo
>
>
I think many old paras, can relate horror stories about their days
in the service.
the C-124 Globemaster also had an upper deck, and it was a pain
if you were on the upper deck and had to walk down the ladder to get in
line to the jump door.
I had two horrible flights on "Old Shaky" out of the several we flew on
them, one was on a HOT August day when the thermals were really nasty
we bounced all over the sky, flight was so rough everyone was airsick, I
was first in the door on the green light, I was so ready to get off the
plane, I could not jump I just fell out the door, , when I got on the
ground, I just pulled the chute over me and lay there, the medics drove
up to check me, I just said go away and let me die here..
Barf..............
the other flight was a night jump, they opened the jump door, we stood up
and hooked up, one idiot who was close to the door, didn,t keep his hand
over the D-ring on his reserve, & bumped someone , the reserve dropped
out and the wind from the open door whipped the chute and then jumper out
the door, miles before the DZ. landed in the trees , they spent most
of the night looking for him.. he lived, but he suffered bad back
injuries from being jerked out the door. was on light duty for months..
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