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Originally Posted by Xist
In the Army we strapped down loads until we started crushing them. They still shifted and fell off. We kept radioing our escort and asking how our load looked. "Good. Good. Good. You lost something!"
Then we needed to stop the convoy, jump out, and hopefully secure it before Afghans secured it.
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Try it when you have something swinging 30 ft below your helicopter, there is a sudden move upwards, and the pilot behind you goes 'You just lost your sling load...'
Did I mention the 10,000 ft up part?