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My dad talked about a flight he took with a Navy C-130. He was just a passenger and observer to see "how they do it in the Navy" and he was just there to observe. They loaded some Marine cargo and did not really secure it properly. He said at take off, it shifted, and they had to declare an emergency. There was some damage to the aircraft, and they all needed fresh underwear. He wrote up the incident, and the Navy was very unhappy with his report and it caused a bit of tiff, and the loadmaster on that flight did receive some loss of rank and discipline.
That pesky weight and balance equation. Yikes.

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