On Sun, 20 May 2018 09:44:34 +0200, DAN <dan@no.spam.thanks> wrote:
>What is going on here, with the guys standing on the wings?
>Is it some sort of show?
>
>If they're supposed to be paratroops (without gun), they do the whole trip since
>take-off on the wing? sounds crazy...
Wikipedia says the Vickers Virginia was utilized for parachute
training.
"The final almost all-metal Virginia Mark X was the most numerous RAF
bomber until the ascendance of the Heyford in 1934. After its
technical obsolescence as a bomber it was used for photography and for
parachute training, with jump platforms installed behind the engine
nacelles."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Virginia
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