No NOTAMS . . .

You'd think that someone would have at least warned the pilots . . .

Do you mine explaning to a person that tends keep his big a$$ closer to the ground.

Notice to Airmen . . .

also not the plane on the left with the wing broke off it!

not= note

That would piss a guy off, maybe let them know before they land the damn thing.

John L

Where was that taken anyway? Iraq? Afghanistan?

Capt: Hey Jim, check the NOTAMS....is there anything on this strip?

1st Of: Nope....just something about repairs.

Capt: Huh...I wonder why they painted that black square in the middle?

If memory serves me correctly I think 3 people died on this crash. One was the loadmaster and 2 were PAX that were sitting over the wheel well on the right side.

Hate to hear that Da Chief . . .

Well.....dang. Now I feel bad for being amused. I hate to hear things like that......

I didn't know . . .

I also believe they knew of the hole but tried to shoot over it clipping the right landing gear....

That wouldn't suprise me. I hate to hear that. When I moved to RDU from BWI in the late 80's, I saw a news footage from a demonstration at Ft. Bragg. The C-130 came in to do a cargo drop but approached at a steep angle and slam-bounce off the deck and into the woods with a ball of flames. The camera angle was so close to the entire event that it was shocking and horrifying as well . . .

It sounds like pilot-error, then . . . too bad.

Woo-Hoo, . . . Links !

Jet,

I remember the one at Bragg....they were doing LAPES (low altitude parachute extraction system) and they came in pretty hot and bounced, breaking the tail section and crashing into a Humvee parked at the end of the LZ for phototaking (killed 3 photographers in addition to the crew of the c-130). LAPES was discontinued after that for a bit.

I saw that as a rigger in training. In the cargo helicopter business, I had the fun of going to the ADMOC Course (Aerial Delivery Management Officer Course) at Ft Lee Va. It was basically rigger (parachute packer) school for officers with the emphasis on aerial delivery (paradrop) operations. I liked that course. We got to push some big trucks out of airplanes......

Anyway....that video is frightening.

It's a cool manuever . . . The one I was referring to was in '87 . . .

Our report told us there were caualties...but then again could be false reports..