C1-Cargo JSDF Flight

Thanks to S's being in reserve JSDF (Japan Self Defence Force, like Singapore SAF but unlike Spore, military service in Japan is not compulsory) and participating in Misawa Air Base activities, we were invited to board the C1- Cargo military plane. Shit... the moment I woke up, it was raining..... and it looked like it would continue to rain throughout the morning... My father in law was saying we might not board the plane after all like last year, maybe just tour the plane that's it. 

In the end we managed to board the aircraft, it was much smaller than commercial plane, seating capacity probably around 50? We took turns to enter the cockpit and I had never entered a cockpit while the pilots were in operation. So many buttons and gauges.....Did not take long since long queue was forming behind me. 

After a while, I had a little motion sickness (small aircraft so the motion felt stronger) and I sat in my seat thereafter. Brought my father in law to Oirase sushi for lunch and he loved the food. Yay!!

In the bus waiting

Inside the military aircraft

Each of us get turn to view the cockpit while the pilots were busy setting off

Its pretty compact

S in his work uniform since he met us the moment he left work

Nothing wrong with the English but if you understand Japanese, this is impolite form. Not the typical polite phrase meant for customers

Flying around Misawa

Oirase lunch! 1000 yen premium set from the one coin book

Free for us! The chef recognised us as regular customers and maybe he was being apologetic for not able to cater to our extra orders. It was one man show that day,