From: Steve & Jeannie Keith (cckw@comcast.net)
Date: Sat Apr 17 2004 - 21:20:55 PDT
C47 with a ramp. Driving it down the ramp must have been interesting!
If you have ever driven a clutch and brake type dozer, you know that the
controls REVERSE when going down a steep hill or "ramp out of an
airplane".......
Steve AKA Dr Deuce
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Foley" <redmenaced@yahoo.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 6:37 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] WTS: 1944 Clark CA-1 Airborne Dozer
>
> --- Steve & Jeannie Keith <cckw@comcast.net> wrote:
> > The owner died......
> >
> > BTW: They never threw them out of planes in WW2.
> > There was no
> > plane capable of discharging the dozer w/o damaging
> > sumpin on
> > the plane.
> >
> > Steve AKA Dr Deuce (and ClarkAir owner)
> +++++
> Which raises the question:
>
> What airplane DID they carry them in? I don't
> remember a plane with a door that big that could
> discharge a dozer to ground level.
>
> Joe
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