International Flights?

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Re: International Flights?

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I remember one flight from Melbourne to Hobart and our cargo was a bunch of smartarse Army Cadets, we got to cruising altitude and switched to auto pilot then tied a ball of string to the back of the pilots and co pilots seat and ran it through the back of the aircraft.
Told the cadets to hold it carefully as it was connected to the controls, they took it then the pilot and co pilot walked out for a cuppa.
The cadets were shitting themselves and didn't budge for about 10 minutes holding the string between finger and thumb at about face level until they went back to the cockpit.
(Caribous had many configurations but often seat as in this instance was along the fuselage either side with some cargo in the centre).
The toilet was a dunny seat with heavy plastic bag, it was often removed when partially full and placed in a red cross box and dropped where noggies (Viet Cong) were known to be.
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Re: International Flights?

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bunyip wrote:I remember one flight from Melbourne to Hobart and our cargo was a bunch of smartarse Army Cadets, we got to cruising altitude and switched to auto pilot then tied a ball of string to the back of the pilots and co pilots seat and ran it through the back of the aircraft.
Told the cadets to hold it carefully as it was connected to the controls, they took it then the pilot and co pilot walked out for a cuppa.
The cadets were shitting themselves and didn't budge for about 10 minutes holding the string between finger and thumb at about face level until they went back to the cockpit.
(Caribous had many configurations but often seat as in this instance was along the fuselage either side with some cargo in the centre).
The toilet was a dunny seat with heavy plastic bag, it was often removed when partially full and placed in a red cross box and dropped where noggies (Viet Cong) were known to be.
Seems entirely appropriate to me!
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Re: International Flights?

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Maybe you could use Google's new flight delays prediction in your planning?
https://blog.google/topics/travel/get-h ... ys-winter/
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