Originally Posted by
LowSlowT2
It was stopped, restarted, and stopped for good in the span of about 6-9 months in late '93/early '94
LCLA is different and C-130s do this as well....Flightworks is even doing these drops (or was) with their Turbo Caribou!
That's exactly why it went away. The customer didn't need the service any longer.
The LAPES legacy lives on with anything being done using released drogues like Tow-Plate Heavy Equipment or the new High Velocity CDS. It's just the altitudes are a bit different.
Only about 995' or so. What's 5'?!?
IMO the Army could have put DZs in their back yards in Iraq and prevented the need for many convoys.
Back to LAPES-we have the capes to secure a lapes zone we can secure an LZ...but what will happen when/if we go into a Pacific or Carribean country. Just musing..