Russian air force delivers aid to the US. But where's the loadmaster?
Some Dems screaming we cannot accept free Russian help but lets just pay over the odds to steal orders from Allies that have already paid for it and is being produced by the nation we deem is the biggest threat to us i.e. China.
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You/we have no idea if corners were cut or not because there is no picture of the load once the door was closed.
The argument can be made that it was done properly look at the netting and accept is is likely that the netting was used for the entire load. Or the glass was half full and the netting was not secured and the flight operated with the load unrestrained.
I was evacuated from Sanaa during the civil war. The US Marines arrived in Hercs which sat on the tarmac with turbines spinning while they loaded sundry nationalities,, sadly I was the wrong nationality,(Australian), and was refused boarding.
Happily next day the UN organised a giant Russian aircraft that had been shifting famine relief grain in the horn of Africa which had been converted for pax with simple bush carpenter pine benches, about 8 of them which ran the full length of the aircraft fore and aft and lacked any seat belts.
Given the circumstances there was no objection by the 400 odd SLF or the crew and we b*ggered off to Amman.
Happily next day the UN organised a giant Russian aircraft that had been shifting famine relief grain in the horn of Africa which had been converted for pax with simple bush carpenter pine benches, about 8 of them which ran the full length of the aircraft fore and aft and lacked any seat belts.
Given the circumstances there was no objection by the 400 odd SLF or the crew and we b*ggered off to Amman.
You/we have no idea if corners were cut or not because there is no picture of the load once the door was closed.
Just making the general point, and also accepting that if you are in imminent danger (as per reefrat's example) you might make a risk-based judgement.
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Worked for Maastricht Airport Handling in the early 90's. Loaded and unloaded many IL76's and A124's those days and there were little to none restraints used. We even set a small car on the loading platform of an IL76 once as the a/c was packed with cigarettes!
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Is this how you're meant to load an Antonov-124?
Apparently it's medical aid sent by Putin at Trump's request. That's the story put out by the Russian MOD, and Trump seems to agree. But why would you fill the hold with loose boxes? Where are the cargo nets?
https://ria.ru/20200401/1569423811.html
Apparently it's medical aid sent by Putin at Trump's request. That's the story put out by the Russian MOD, and Trump seems to agree. But why would you fill the hold with loose boxes? Where are the cargo nets?
https://ria.ru/20200401/1569423811.html
Unsecured cargo
Did a accelerated free fall course out of Gap in the French alps. Two days of Mistral delayed my jump until late Sunday afternoon.
Moi and my two instructors joined the other 8 or 10 guys in the Pilatus Porter.
I was making bricks with the others doing their best to allay my fears until we hit the wind shear associated with the mistral where upon we all were thrown into a heap in the tail.
Cue everyone else now white as sheets frantically crawling up the floor to get the aircraft attitude back to normal.
Shared a flat with a guy who flew veggies out of Jersey in a DC3..one day the loader watered the lettuces and loaded the toilet with them which put the CofG way outside of limits. Took both pilots to stop the aircraft crashing.
Did a accelerated free fall course out of Gap in the French alps. Two days of Mistral delayed my jump until late Sunday afternoon.
Moi and my two instructors joined the other 8 or 10 guys in the Pilatus Porter.
I was making bricks with the others doing their best to allay my fears until we hit the wind shear associated with the mistral where upon we all were thrown into a heap in the tail.
Cue everyone else now white as sheets frantically crawling up the floor to get the aircraft attitude back to normal.
Shared a flat with a guy who flew veggies out of Jersey in a DC3..one day the loader watered the lettuces and loaded the toilet with them which put the CofG way outside of limits. Took both pilots to stop the aircraft crashing.
