Hotest Aeroplane...
C401 doors closed waiting for a taxi clearance from Darwin GND (need we say more) on a November afternoon a couple of years ago.
In the back were 7 indigenous ladies - all mourners at a funeral at Elcho. The lady sitting next to me was fully painted in tribal clays.
After 10 minutes of sitting and waiting, lady leans over and says "Eh Pahlot, it bin so hot my clay is melting!"
Sure enough, it had melted and was running all down her face and off her breasts.....
In the back were 7 indigenous ladies - all mourners at a funeral at Elcho. The lady sitting next to me was fully painted in tribal clays.
After 10 minutes of sitting and waiting, lady leans over and says "Eh Pahlot, it bin so hot my clay is melting!"
Sure enough, it had melted and was running all down her face and off her breasts.....
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An Otter gets hot if doesnt have aircon. So you open the windows ,then it gets noisey. And the vent fan doesnt do much for the poor pax in the back either. Once your airborne you can crack the Window for extra breeze, but be sure to close it again before decent.
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I do recall not being able to actually get to the cockpit of a RAAF Caribou one day.
It had been locked up in the sun all day, and remember, they are painted dark green (matt), I opened one of the rear side doors, but could not make it to the front to get the overhead hatch open, to let out the heat, it was just much to hot, I couldn't believe it!
Had to turn back, could not make it, we finally opened the lower forward access to connect the battery (as I remember it!), and ran the rear ramp door open from the rear controls, and the other side door open, and just waited for about 20 minutes!
Inflight, they only have a heater system, not so different than my car system, as I remember it.
Luckily, we can fly it with both the cockpit side windows open, and the rear ramp door(s) some way open.
Them were the days!
Errrr..........1969, they were still new, then!
It had been locked up in the sun all day, and remember, they are painted dark green (matt), I opened one of the rear side doors, but could not make it to the front to get the overhead hatch open, to let out the heat, it was just much to hot, I couldn't believe it!
Had to turn back, could not make it, we finally opened the lower forward access to connect the battery (as I remember it!), and ran the rear ramp door open from the rear controls, and the other side door open, and just waited for about 20 minutes!
Inflight, they only have a heater system, not so different than my car system, as I remember it.
Luckily, we can fly it with both the cockpit side windows open, and the rear ramp door(s) some way open.
Them were the days!
Errrr..........1969, they were still new, then!
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Butterworth, Tengah, Darwin, Clarke. Mirage III. All morning fitting external tanks for ferry trips. 200ltrs per side, magnifying glass closed overhead so pens etc were not sucked into the intake just outside the window.
I know it only took 20-30 minutes each, but with another half dozen down the line to do when your finished. I seem to remember that this was always done within sight of the farewell (pissup) festivites.
Of the above Darwin during the buildup I think was the hardest. Temp? no idea, no OAT indicator, and couldn't read it if there was. Hard enough counting the clicks on the debby and reading the mains.
I know it only took 20-30 minutes each, but with another half dozen down the line to do when your finished. I seem to remember that this was always done within sight of the farewell (pissup) festivites.
Of the above Darwin during the buildup I think was the hardest. Temp? no idea, no OAT indicator, and couldn't read it if there was. Hard enough counting the clicks on the debby and reading the mains.
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HOT?
Nine hours straight in the seat - Cessna Agwagon - spreading fertiliser. Six minutes per load. Working off a dirt road next to a power substation. Under one wire on T/O, over the next(????) during N. Qld wet. Helmet, overalls, gloves, boots. Five litres of water were not enough. Call me a wuss but I had to sit in a irrigation channel for a while to get my head together for the trip home. Next time might try to organise five litres of cold water!!!
Don't know about hottest but coldest................. AS - MIA PA31 FL210....... bloody turn the heater on S****** ...........duh we disconnected it for tropic ops.............
