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Been there, done that, except that's probably a C-141. My first jump was from a C-119 Jan 1962. Seems to me the 119 would jump 2 '22 man' sticks as opposed to probably a total of a hundred or more for the 141. I do like the term Can-o Whoopass. Had to a southern boy to come up with it.

Oh to be young again...and fly like a bird..

GET READY!

STAND UP....HOOK UP....SHUFFLE TO THE DOOR!

STAND IN THE DOOR!

THEN THE FUN BEGINS!!!!!!!!

It's been a long time but looks short for 141...

1968 first four jumps C119 and next 141

qoutrage wrote:Been there, done that,

Also, but a few years later, March of 1977, good ole Ft Benning, first time I ever flew in a plane I jumped out. After about an hour of going in circles and the rough winds, I think I was about the ony person that had not thrown up. I was glad to jump. I jumped from a C-130 and C-141, both seemed much smaller inside, than that picture.

WTG, Doc.. Add 'JUMP RIGHT OUT AND COUNT TO FOUR', to that.
I never jumped a 141, but I did the 119, 123, 124, 130, Huey,and of all things a C-46. As I recall, after you got to your unit after jump school, the idea was to not stand in the door, more a steady stream to see which side could un-ass the the aircraft the quickest. One second you're all standing like a big Dagwood sandwich, the next you got a canopy over your head.. The whole thing has to be one of the best rushes on God's green earth.
Airborne, Sir... All th' way..

Dean, I was in the next to the last class, before they closed the school at Ft Bragg. 'Did basic trng at Benning, though.
I hated those long flights on winter days after a cold front had moved through. 'Almost always, turned whatever you were flying, into a vomity comet. One guy would throw up and before you knew it the floor was slick with puke. I never lost it, in the 20 or so jumps I made, but I chocked it back down more than once..

Great picture, BTW DT.. Brings back a lot of memories. Thanks for posting it.

May be a C-17.

Yep, b'lieve you're right. The 141 was a narrow bodied ship. That's definitely a wide body.. Thanks.

141 body was so narrow for 4 rows of jumpers the "outsiders" would stand, fold up seats and cling to webbing to give "insiders" more room on first run....

Huey jumps were a blast...talk about rock and roll!

I only did the 5 jumps, in Airborne school, I was in a HAWK air defense missle system ( that stuff would not do well being dropped out of a plane.) LOL

Ft Ben in March, Windy and Cold, PT without a shirt in the sleet. We had students getting beat up pretty bad by being dragged across the drop zone or landing in the trees because of the high winds.

My first jump was as "quotrage" described, one second seated the next out the door. Number two I was the stick leader and stood in the open door about 10 minutes before I got the go light. What I hated was someone walking around on your shoot on the way down.

I would have to say I was probably in the best shape of my life when I finished that training.

Sure agree on the memories, have not taught about that experience in a long time.

qoutrage wrote:WTG, Doc.. Add 'JUMP RIGHT OUT AND COUNT TO FOUR', to that.
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continue:

If that shoot doesn't open wide, I got another one by my side.

If that one should fail my too.

Bury me in my dress blues,

A case brew and a bottle of rum

I will raise hell in Kingdom come

Great memories for sure! I used to volunteer to be "wind dummy" when I could so I could stand in the door and get some fresh air....
every once in a while my wife still calls me WIND DUMMY!

Talk about being in shape: we had several Navy Seal guys in our class....! Those guys caught hell 24-7 but when running they were required to circle the formations running backwards....and they
laughed the whole time.

In our main clinic in the 82nd, the Benning jump school "black hats" were always coming in and it was really funny when they would recognize one us three DDSs and just drop down and
start doing pushups and ask..."how many." Great group of guys those "black hats."

I've often referred to jump school as some of the best training I've ever encountered as every aspect is geared to the slowest participant....but when said and done....everyone who ever finished
had my respect and utmost trust.

That looks like the insides of a C-17. Did some testing on one last year and the ladder to the cockpit and loadmasters desk are very distinct.

qoutrage wrote:Been there, done that,

Looks like A C-17 all rite.

Sweet name.

Me, I never could understand why someone would want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane.