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Re:The man who posted himself to Australia by GigabyteCoin on Friday March 06, 2015 @01:17AM (#9155838)
>I looked into hitching a ride on a C-130... not nearly as free or fun as you might think.

Can you elaborate on that at all? The link you posted doesn't mention military hitchhiking, which sounds interesting to say the least.

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Re:The man who posted himself to Australia by chiph on Friday March 06, 2015 @09:16AM (#9157043)
Before you pursue this further, ask someone who's spent hours sitting in one of the nylon seats on a C-130. Decidedly uncomfortable. Go for a C-5 or C-17 instead.
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Re:The man who posted himself to Australia by rdl on Saturday March 07, 2015 @02:53AM (#9161338)
C-5 will just end up broken down on the runway for days. Take the C-17.
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Re:The man who posted himself to Australia by jcurbo on Friday March 06, 2015 @02:12PM (#9158890)
Perhaps they mean commerical C-130s because military C-130s (or any other kind of cargo aircraft) are not available to members of the general public.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-A_travel

Also, I took a trip once in a (military) C-130H. Very loud (we had earplugs though), nylon mesh seating, but I was comfy and I slept or read most of the trip.

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