How a milk run from an aircraft carrier nearly killed a helicopter crew

[pokerfan]

The gallons buckets and cubic feet thread reminded me of this very amusing story.



In 1988 I was flying the Boeing CH-46 Sea Knight, a tandem-rotor helicopter deployed on the USS Niagara Falls, a support ship in the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Battle Group. My crew and I delivered “beans and bullets” to the fleet. We hit the Ike every other day, restocking whatever was needed to keep a city at sea afloat. Ammunition, food, machinery, mail—referred to as “pony”—the ships in the battle group relied on us for everything except fuel. It was exciting, challenging flying, and I loved it. But always, just below the surface, was the fear of raising the ire of the air boss.

Click here for the rest of the story: http://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/above_and_beyond_may07.html

[Chan790]

1. I'd never have guessed milk weighed that much n/t

[pokerfan]

2. If I didn't know for sure

I don't think I would have allowed any of it on board until someone told me what it weighed.