heat pads, what fun!
I’m picturing the scene!
Six MV-22s land in a line on deck, Six heat pads are wheeled out by what appears to be three men each. The pads obviously need chain lashings that withstand the heat and prevent them getting airborne with the cab, and while this is going on a team also have to lash and chock the aircraft as usual.
Sounds like fun, especially for the poor sods having to manhandle the pads into position and then lash them whilst being barbecued! Also, when do you remove the pad, before or after take off? (hot, hot, hot!)
As someone who has worked on a flight deck I can say one thing for certain, it’s going to be a whole lot different to a Harrier landing. A Harrier lands, throttles back, rotates nozzles aft and taxis into the graveyard. The heat aspect is negligible, a bit warm up your trouserlegs if you were close, (we were always more worried about the blast ripping our Seaking pitot covers off), about the only place that looks blackened and cooked is behind 5 spot on the Brit carriers because that’s the ground run spot for Harriers. You can’t compare the two.