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We made it through Monday. On the upward climb towards Hump day and hopefully over the hump towards the weekend tomorrow.
Dad talked about a mission to deliver a C-124 load of mattresses from the Philippines to some remote Pacific island like Christmas island or some other place. Imagine how many mattresses it takes to fill up a C-124 and that was his load. He said they calculated the weight and had to sit on the ground for a few days waiting for lower humidity. He said to get to the cockpit they had to climb up the mattresses and wiggle like a snake to the front and get into the cockpit. They took off from the very end of the runway, and gave it everything it had, and still mowed down about a 1/4 mile of sugarcane before they got high enough to get about it all.
The troops on the island were really happy to see them land as everyone had been sleeping on sleeping bags or the ground for a couple of weeks.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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