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To: mairdie

When I was in the Air Force, if we flew on a Cargo we used the mesh net seats attached to the wall. Let me tell you, they get uncomfortable after a few hours and you butt would hurt.

I bet guess his coffee is better too.


8 posted on 02/12/2025 12:33:19 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

and it was hours before your ears stopped ringing


23 posted on 02/12/2025 1:00:59 PM PST by Mr. K (no consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

I love flying space A on KC-135s. We’d climb up on the cargo—especially lucky if you find one made of boxes about chest high and flat. You weren’t freezing cold on your feet or burning hot on your head. Like Goldilocks—just right.


28 posted on 02/12/2025 1:33:43 PM PST by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
When I was in the Air Force, if we flew on a Cargo we used the mesh net seats attached to the wall.

A C-5 has about 75 airliner seats upstairs and cargo aircraft can also fit palletized seating:




31 posted on 02/12/2025 1:54:05 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
When I was in the Air Force, if we flew on a Cargo we used the mesh net seats attached to the wall. Let me tell you, they get uncomfortable after a few hours and you butt would hurt.

I had to sit in those seats from Hickam to Clark, then Clark to Diego Garcia when I was trying to catch up with my ship after Saddam invaded Kuwait. Wearing ear protection that long sucked too. When I'm stuck flying in a cramped airline seat, I just remember those flights and order another drink.

35 posted on 02/12/2025 2:36:53 PM PST by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

From personal experience, man was not made to fly sideways on lawn furniture.


41 posted on 02/13/2025 5:36:16 AM PST by ops33 (SMSgt, USAF, Retired)
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