Hammocks....
I didn't tend to use them as I was quite happy with a sleeping bag on the para seats. But one time I did use a hammock on a long leg from Bahrain to Deigo Garcia resulted in me being dumped head first on to the ramp. I had used lashing tape to sling the hammock over the ramp. The aircraft vibrations had caused the lashing tape to fray until it snapped. It was nothing to do with the weight in the hammock exceeding the breaking strain of the lashing tape!!
I landed head first on the ramp. Sat up quickly in case anyone had seen my acrobatic stunt but the rest of the team (2) and the GE were still asleep. I decided to move to my normal para seat after that. I must have done some damage to my neck as I couldn't move it without being in pain.
As for lashing someone into their hammock, we took revenge on my team Sgt who was a big wind up merchant.
