{"id":4767,"date":"2025-03-11T17:32:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T17:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/11\/what-bothers-me-about-the-egg-the-military-mostly-uses-cargo-nets-to-transport-irregular-shapes-not-tarps-using-a-tarp-to-transport-a-very-irregular-shape-seems-risky-and-illogical-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-11T17:32:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T17:32:57","slug":"what-bothers-me-about-the-egg-the-military-mostly-uses-cargo-nets-to-transport-irregular-shapes-not-tarps-using-a-tarp-to-transport-a-very-irregular-shape-seems-risky-and-illogical-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/11\/what-bothers-me-about-the-egg-the-military-mostly-uses-cargo-nets-to-transport-irregular-shapes-not-tarps-using-a-tarp-to-transport-a-very-irregular-shape-seems-risky-and-illogical-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What bothers me about the Egg?  The military mostly uses cargo nets to transport irregular shapes, not tarps.  Using a tarp to transport a very irregular shape seems risky and illogical."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What concerns me about the Egg is the method of transport depicted in Jake Barber&#8217;s interview. Typically, the military relies on cargo nets to handle irregular shapes, rather than tarps, which seems perilous and impractical for such a task.<\/p>\n<p>A quick Google search regarding military transport shows that tarps are primarily used for covering trailers, not for carrying irregular objects. In the limited searches I conducted, I found no relevant instances of air transport where tarps were used to transport such shapes.<\/p>\n<p>Conversely, I discovered numerous sources advocating the use of secured cargo netting for air transport of military equipment, including images, policies, and procedures.<\/p>\n<p>To me, it would have been far more logical to secure the Egg with cargo nets featuring tie points for transport and lowering.<\/p>\n<p>Has anyone done research on this? Are there practical examples where air transport involved tarps that partially covered an object, resulting in cargo movement or shifting upon landing? <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/preview.redd.it\/1co6pif68afe1.jpg?width=617&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=09cf995d3f4ee50f61aaab3e60355486f2887481\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nWhat concerns me about the Egg is the method of transport depicted in Jake Barber&#8217;s interview. Typically, the military relies on cargo nets to handle irregular shapes, rather than tarps, which seems perilous and impractical for such a task. A quick Google search regarding military transport shows that tarps are primarily used for covering trailers,&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/11\/what-bothers-me-about-the-egg-the-military-mostly-uses-cargo-nets-to-transport-irregular-shapes-not-tarps-using-a-tarp-to-transport-a-very-irregular-shape-seems-risky-and-illogical-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;What bothers me about the Egg?  The military mostly uses cargo nets to transport irregular shapes, not tarps.  Using a tarp to transport a very irregular shape seems risky and illogical.&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufos","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}