One day, sometime in the early 1980’s, a C-130 took off to
airdrop some army paratroopers. It was a
pretty straight forward affair until the loadmaster asked if he could leave
with the paratroopers?
He explained to the Aircraft Commander he was fully
parachute qualified and they had all these parachutes hanging around in the
back. It was just a shame if they never
got used.
Remarkably the AC said it was okay. So off he went.
Keeping the forms accurate presented somewhat of a challenge
as well as not having a Loadmaster to monitor engine shutdown.
I think that was the AC’s last flight as an aircraft
commander and he soon after found greener pastures with FEDEX.
Sometimes you can only scratch your head and wonder what
where they thinking?
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