Originally Posted by
galaxy flyer
I’ve been to F430 in the old gal, empty obviously, but rare plane that would the cabin there. Usually a pile of wet blankets and chains shoved in the leaks. I never planned to go above 350, but most most weights didn’t allow it anyway.
From what I’ve been told, C-2A guys would have to do the same in order to go high, and that’s why they avoided it. I always asked why we would do such long transits from ship to shore at low altitude, and the AW told me about the horrible pressurization from the gaps/holes in the bird, and how they would put wet towels and rags over the leaky areas so they would freeze and seal the hole to maintain pressurization.
Wild.