European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ii foot bloggers i earn to Fly m embers of army and air Force units Are being Given practical training in loading and transporting troops weapons and other equipment by air in courses at Furth air base the 61st to Carrier Wing Safe. Operates Fairchild c82s for the practical train in 21. The courses Are designed to make troop units not normally airborne transportable by air in emergencies when Sperd is a necessity. A c82 can normally carry 41 fully equipped sol Diers or loads of heavy and Bulky material. Sch As three jeeps and three trailers. Students ire first taught to prepare a unit for air move mint. Loading a c82 so As to properly distribute the weight and lashing cargo securely in place  is demonstrated the air transportability program first of its kind in Neucom. Consists of three phases. The first phase was inaugurated latin january with a two Day orientation course for Bey staff officers of the constabulary 1st div. Their attached units and the Gist to Carrier Wing the second phase already in Progress offers five Day courses designed to train officers and noncommissioned officers As instructors. The third phase scheduled for april and ending in july will consist of prac tical unit training the air transportability school has been set up under the spot Tsivin Sion. Neucom the training will culminate with the air lift of a combat team during the annual fall Maneu vers of the . Forces in Europe shown on this Page is a group of officers who were among the. First to begin the new course. A a.  a three Quarter ton truck loads an artillery piece aboard a c82flying Boxcar in a demonstration of loading and lashing techniques. Center of Gravity of plane and equipment is indicated by  flying Boxcar can normally carry 4. Fully equipped soldiers. Here a line of jeeps await their turn to reloaded aboard the flying Boxcar. Loads must \ be exactly entered to relation to the Centeri of Gravity of the plane and securely lashed i to prevent a disastrous shifting in flight at right an instructor gives signals to a Load 1 i ing Crew in order to properly line up the Load. Here on instructor shows How the Center of Gravity of a jeep May he ascertained. Before him to a Model of a c82 with a Model of & gun and prime mover. The Model is balanced on a Pivot to demonstrate the proper trim on the ship with a Well distributed Load while plane is in flight in student officers shown her will pass along instruction they have received in the drive to make most army Oniu transportable by air. The stars and stripes