by Fred C.
I was at the annual airshow at Sewart Air Force Base, Tennessee, in the
early 1960s. The Thunderbirds performed with the F-100 show. Captain Bailey demonstrated
a C-130 max performance take off, sans jet assisted take off (JATO), with a fuel truck aboard, and info fell through the
crack (vacuum between the headset?) as truck had quite a bit of fuel aboard. It
was a hot day, slow acceleration, rotation and into ground effect for quite a
distance. Had to extract seat cushions from guys in the front office I'll bet
you!
