F-16s save man by shipping med device?

[DarkKnight]

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/2034367-norwegian-fighter-jet-saves-a-patients-life-by-transporting-medical-equipment-in-40-minutes/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Postcron.com

what kind of hold can carry that kind of equipment? I heard of bf 109s carrying personnel in the radio compartment to save them from the russians, but this seems far-fetched

[Bigasshammm]

Buddy pod?

[Trigger]

The Norwegians have big cargo pods.

Edited April 23, 2016 by Trigger

[Lancer512]

The German Air Force did the same back in January 1982 with a F-104G. A quickly needed vaccine for a 3 year old girl was flown from germany to sardinia.

Unfortunately events like this seldom reach the public.

Edited April 24, 2016 by Lancer512

[Trigger]

I read about a similar case in the 80s (Reader's Digest) involving a transplant organ in a cooler hitching a ride in the back seat of an ANG F-4 from one city to another.

[DarkKnight]

I wonder if they are allowed to go supersonic in these cases

[Trigger]

As long as the air control corridor permits it, why not? Going supersonic isn't the Chuck Yeager story any more so the cargo doesn't know the difference. This flight would normally take 35 minutes, but in this case, the pilot gave it the full beans and made it in 25.

Edited April 24, 2016 by Trigger

[graves_09]

As long as the air control corridor permits it, why not? Going supersonic isn't the Chuck Yeager story any more so the cargo doesn't know the difference. This flight would normally take 35 minutes, but in this case, the pilot gave it the full beans and made it in 25.

It isn't an aircraft physical limitation, it is the effects of a sonic boom over populated areas. I think his question was would this be an except to those regulations.