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From: voder!nsc!dtg.nsc.com!alan@decwrl.dec.com (Alan Hepburn)
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Subject: Re: Dropping Stuff (was Re: Airborne Operations)
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Date: 17 Jul 90 03:20:35 GMT
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From: voder!nsc!dtg.nsc.com!alan@decwrl.dec.com (Alan Hepburn)

In article <1990Jul13.015904.4354@cbnews.att.com> Scott.Johnson@p0.f7.n391.z8.fidonet.org (Scott Johnson) writes:
>
>        The scariest thing I ever saw was footage of one of the US' 
>first tries at mass paratroop dropping. They got the C-47s in a 
>completely wrong formation and troops were falling into each other 
>all over the place. I don't think they ever quite solved that problem


Troops falling into each other can be a common sight when you're 
dropping a batallion (or larger) formation.  What's scary is when
the pilots fly a "descending trail formation" where each suceeding
aircraft is at a lower altitude than the one it's following.  Have
you ever seen hamburger fall from the sky?


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Alan Hepburn                 "The little I know I owe to my ignorance."
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