This story was related to me by W.S. who avers it is true, with himself as the Pilot in the following scenario. The time is somewhere in the middle of the Cold War, and the aircraft is a USAF C-130 Hercules.
The airplane is waiting for a load. The men are bored. The Navigator gets out and starts snapping photographs. Of an Aeroflot airliner. On a runway in Ankara, Turkey. For some reason the locals took offense at the taking of photographs and a large number of guns showed up, held by men in a surprising variety of uniforms. Then my friend, the pilot, had the good grace to say
"Hey, somebody go see what the guy with the machine gun wants."
The Flight Engineer didn't want to go, so the Navigator went. He lost his camera but they were able to fly out of there with the entire crew, so I suppose it could be considered 'not as bad as it could have been.' I pointed out that, if they were thrown in Turkish prison, at least they could have had a turkish bath . . . .
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