Originally Posted by
ancientaviator62
Condensation was between the blanket and the cargo compartment roof was one of the 'K' party tricks. It froze in flight and as you descended it thawed and showered the pax with icy water.
Indeed - was a personal victim of that happening up the front of the C130.
As a keen as mustard young PPL with a newly minted 152 rating, was fortunate to find myself on RNZAF 03, down to the ice and back in 95.
On approach into ChCh, I asks if I can watch from the flight deck.
"Sure," says the driver, "...just stand behind my seat and hold onto the frame, you'll see exactly what I am seeing."
Crikey - standing up behind the pilot - these military guys sure do get to do things differently than civvy street...
As we broke through the cloud layer on finals - the damn plane started dripping on everyone - various sighs around the flight deck as people mopped up...