Dean Smith was in the Air Force, not the Navy

[taterguy]

Wouldn't it be more appropriate to play tonight's Michigan State - UNC game in a C-130 instead of on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier?

There's enough room in one of those birds for a basketball court.

Right?

[ohiosmith]

1. Should play it here:

[taterguy]

2. Where the fuck is that?

[ohiosmith]

3. Somewhere over the North Atlantic.

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

[Major Nikon]

4. Maybe for 5 yr olds

The width of the cargo space is about the same as a single car garage and maybe long enough to get two hummers end to end. If you put something wide like a hummer inside one, your knees are pretty close when sitting the jump seats.

[MiddleFingerMom]

5. Internal cargo space is only about 40 ft x 10 ft. (excluding the ramp).

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I flew from Ft Campbell, KY to Ft Bragg NC on those jump seats
and sleeping with my head on the back tire of a GamaGoat (see
below -- Viet Nam War vehicle). It was only 6-1/2 feet wide and
the guys on the other side of the plane could sleep on the tires,
too.
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We hit the runway (a back-post DIRT runway) too hard and too fast
and bounced back up and had to go around for another run. I went
from twilight-consciousness to WIDE FUCKING AWAKE OMG WE'RE
ALL GONNA FUCKING DIE for that encore performance.
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(Pssst... not REALLY, but I definitely did not go back to sleep.
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You could maybe play Ping Pong in one of those things.
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[Major Nikon]

6. Ah yes, the excitement of the go-around

C-130s are a tough airplane and were designed for hard landings. However, it's hard to keep that in mind when you're sitting in the jumpseat in a tight bank hearing the chains creak that are keeping the tied down cargo from crushing you like a bug. I used to take comfort in the fact that if the chains broke and the load crushed me, at least I wouldn't be alive to witness the cargo smashing through the side of the aircraft, the tail ripping off, and the resultant death spiral.

[era veteran]

10. Gamma Goat Fact

You cannot pee out of the back of one on the Autobahn.

[taterguy]

11. On what roads is it possible to pee out of the back of a Gamma Goat?

What's so special about the Autobahn?

[era veteran]

15. Probably tobacco road

Special about the autobahn? Well it's a speedy road but I thought everyone knew that and it is the only road I ever sat in the back of a gamma goat on. Almost 400 km. , it sucked.

[quakerboy]

12. Why not?

[era veteran]

13. Could not stand up enough and the ride sucked

and it was a bit unnerving. Steel pot that I borrowed off a LT helped.
Goats were cool except that they sucked and stayed broken down.

[MiddleFingerMom]

14. That's the most raucous LOL I've done in a long time.

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We were at Graf providing coverage for a tank range for weeks
and, as a medic, I talked our Lt. into letting me go back to post
for "needed" medical supplies. I actually just wanted a shower.
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Caught a ride back with the cooks in the back of a deuce-and-a-half
with the morning's garbage (in cans).
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On the Autobahn, buzzing along at maybe 50 mph (80kmh) when my
world EXPLODES!!! The back of the truck JUMPS up several feet and
I end up (luckily) still inside the back of the flatbed, but intermingled
with all the orange rinds and eggshells and coffee grounds from that
morning's breakfast.
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We spent about an hour cleaning trash off of about 100 yards of Autobahn.
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Turns out the undercarriage-mounted spare tire had just "fallen off" and
the back axle hadn't cleared it.
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The cooks hardly contributed to the cleanup as they were laughing so
fucking hard at me -- Breakfastman.
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Fuckin' cooks.
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I ended up really, really, REALLY needing that shower, after all.
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Instant karma for bullshitting the Lt.
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[era veteran]

16. I was riding to Graf for some detail before gunnery

from Kirch-Göns.

Those Goats looked sort of cool but they were indeed pieces of shit.
We threw a worn out track of a 577 on an alert to the border and took out about 100 feet of comrade's guardrail. They were pissed.

[Brother Buzz]

7. If they planned to play a tiny half-court game

Now, a C-5 might be another story.

[PuffedMica]

8. But what about the audience?

How many bathrooms do they have on a carrier, and how many bathrooms do they have on a C 130?

[taterguy]

9. Bathroom? Just open a window and let it fly

[MiddleFingerMom]

17. You can't pee out of the back of a GamaGoat on a C-130...

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... and you can't rollerskate in a buffalo herd.
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"You can be happy if you've a mind to.
All you gotta do is put your mind to it.
Knuckle down, buckle down,
and do it, do it, do it."
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Roger Miller "You Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd"
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skFWsc_-i14&feature=fvwrel
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[PuffedMica]

22. What if the C 130 is parked at the airport

You think the are going to play while flying?

[trof]

18. Who is Dean Smith?

:shrug:

[taterguy]

19. Dean Smith is an Air Force vet that used to coach Carolina

He won a ton of games.

He also did lots for progressive causes.

Anything else you'd like to know?

[trof]

20. Lots, but not about Dean Smith. Thanks.

:-)

[taterguy]

21. You're welcome.