Have you ever been pranked in an airplane?

Been pranked many times at the airline, nothing like that though. I'd tell y'all but the statue of limitations hasn't expired...
 
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Very cool! So... where exactly is Nadia a CFI? I might need to pursue my aerobatics training...
 
OK, way past getting in trouble on these:

1. Flying CAP (Don't ask, and not doing it anymore) with a non-pilot in the right seat, on a real long sortie: I put my head back, closed my right eye, dropped my hand from the yoke and pretended to be dead/unconscious. He didn't take it well, and I may have let it go on a bit too long. He was over-controlling in pitch, but not doing too bad in keeping the wings level. I came clean when he started mucking with the comm panel and babbling on the FM.

2. Two young 1LTs, buddies, in a C-130E, night flying; after a bunch of approaches, we were on short final - the co-pilot yells "Light fight!", and beams the pilot in the eyes with a very bright flashlight. C-130's straighten themselves right out when touching down in a crab, I mean that tandem gear snatches the airplane right back into alignment with the direction of motion.

Knew the payback was coming - they swapped seats, and maybe an hour later, just before touching down, the previous victim asks the "flasher", real innocent like, "Did you want the gear down?" - A lightly loaded 130 is impressive on a go.
 
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