Planetfurry BBS

[The Silver Coyote]

<thinks> should i?

<pauses while reflecting...>

why not...

The C-130 takes bleed air from any of the four turbines turning the props and uses that to pressurize the cabin, which includes the cargo bay. Bleed air, which is compressed, is *hot*. If any or all of the chillers in the aircraft air conditioning system fail (typically as a result of an electrical fault), the flight deck and cargo bay get uncomfortably warm in a hurry. Temperatures above one hundred degrees are not uncommon in such an occurance, and as it is a closed environment the air becomes quite humid, as well.

Flight levels, at least as referred to in Aslaug's chapter, are easy to decipher. They are the altitude expressed in feet with the last two digits truncated. 12,000 feet becomes flight level one two zero. 37,000 feet becomes flight level three seven zero, and so on. ATC (Air Traffic Control) tends to speak in terms of flight levels only when discussing altitudes above 18,000 feet. At flight level one eight zero and above, all aircraft must be flying by instrument flight rules (IFR) regardless of weather conditions.

Used to be that two thousand vertical feet was maintained by aircraft flying IFR for safety. There was also a horizontal separation specification, measured in miles, but I forget what it was. Five miles? Ten? I can't recall. Anyway, with the improvements in electronics and systems, currently I believe the law is one thousand feet vertically and three or five miles horizontally. The law requires aircraft flying in conflicting directions to be separated (the old "odds go east" rule).

Without going into too much (more) detail, a large commercial aircraft could easily expect to deviate several thousand feet and / or several miles out of it's way for traffic avoidance. With the congested airspace these days, it happens all the time, *especially* to on-demand charter flights (like our heroines found themselves on) that aren't part of the scheduled airline system.

<sighs> </technical mode>

While I have never had the pleasure of flying with the likes of Gabby and Yohni, I have had the miserable misfortune of flying in a transport with no A/C. Even at seventeen thousand feet on a reasonably normal day the cabin was a toaster. Depressurizing and venting made things feel much better. And yes, breathing *can* be difficult at those altitudes (the law requires flight crew to use oxygen above twelve thousand in unpressurized aircraft), but if you depressurize and vent as you're descending to a lower altitude, you'll probably have no trouble. It's been done many times. So our dear females and their new friends should have experienced no ill effects.

I know a pilot who swears that his senior flight attendant's breasts would swell almost a full cup size when they depressurized his aircraft at the lowest flight levels. I have never personally confirmed this, but it would be an interesting (if not enjoyable) experiment.

Game on, OAers!

SC

[Tigermark]

*squints one eye at the coyote* A full cup size, you say? Hmmm. Air bubbles in the silicone expanding due to lower outside air pressure, maybe?

Anyway, the gist is, yes, it'd be hotter than blazes, and quite an incentive for an impromptu strip-tease by a certain pair of ladies, if the A/C went south on them.

Write on, Filly!

Tigermark

[anthony]

[James R. Lane]

[Aslaug]

*looks down herself*

Dayuhmed...

Someone, get me into an aircraft, get it to 15.000 feet and depressurize. NOW!

[shadowjaguar]

[StrayCat]

Dammit, made me snort coffee out my nose

[Aslaug]

Awww...whaaaat?



I didn't say anything bad did I? Not me, surely. I'm innocent. Completely so. I'm so innocent I should be canonized alive. I'd -never- say anything untoward or tasteless. Honestly.

Hey, any of you want to buy this slightly used metallic structure? You need to move it yourselves...stands conveniently near major roads in Paris. Yes...yes, very valuable.

[shadowjaguar]

[Aslaug]

*puts up hoof and looks at blacksmith*

I need the spiked shoes this time. Yeah, you know the type...those with sharp edges and prolonged, sharp nail-heads.

Those are the ones, yeah...

Why?

Let's just say I have a date with a feline's crown jewels

[Scarlet Blackpaw]

I wouldn't be surprised in the least if a few of those degrees were caused by the duo themselves and the pair of single flyfurs who saw them. They'll probably be smiling for the next week at least on just that look alone. A pretty powerful way to end the last chapter IMHO, I think that would leave nearly anyone speechless. I look forward to see what the next chapters bring (pie?)

[Styx]

[The Silver Coyote]

<shivers>

*I'm* scared, and I'm not even feline!

SC

[Tigermark]

Be easy on him, Filly, he's still a newbie here. besides, how many Jaguars do we have who can cook? Just jostle them a bit to get your, ah, "point" across.



Tigermark (Who ducks for cover least he be mistaken for the target.)

[Aslaug]

*ruffles the Jaguar's hair*

Okay, I'll let you off the...hook...this time, kitty.