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Posted on 10/19/23 at 1:38 pm to paperwasp
Posted on 10/19/23 at 1:38 pm to paperwasp
While in Jungle Training in Panama, Canal Zone...I was in charge of rigging a jeep to be picked up by a Chinook in a small clearing deep in the triple canopy jungle.
As the Chinook hovered above, then slowly descended I was standing in the jeep holding the webbing together with a huge shackle, ready to slap it on the heavy duty hook on the belly of the Chinook.
A door on the bottom of the Chinook slid open and a crew chief started talking to me. He said, "Son..we're low on fuel so if I was you I'd haul arse from under this craft".
Of course, he was joking but as a 18 year old private in the army, I took him seriously and hauled arse after the shackle was on the hook.
A few days later I was able to fly in that same Chinook and it was awesome.
As the Chinook hovered above, then slowly descended I was standing in the jeep holding the webbing together with a huge shackle, ready to slap it on the heavy duty hook on the belly of the Chinook.
A door on the bottom of the Chinook slid open and a crew chief started talking to me. He said, "Son..we're low on fuel so if I was you I'd haul arse from under this craft".
Of course, he was joking but as a 18 year old private in the army, I took him seriously and hauled arse after the shackle was on the hook.
A few days later I was able to fly in that same Chinook and it was awesome.
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Posted on 10/20/23 at 9:57 am to Lutcher Lad
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A few days later I was able to fly in that same Chinook and it was awesome.
I flew in a Chinook once and that thing is like a flying school bus. I mean you look at it on a video and say, that's a big helicopter, but when you get inside it? Hell, I've lived in smaller places than that helicopter.
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