ExAscoteer:
Sorry, I was not aware that the RAF had any Hercules C.3s in 1976.
Herod:
Yes, we all had our bad days. I can remember one of our better times. We set up a slip pattern to reinforce Belize in November, 1975. Not a single Belfast went u/s. I personally did:
05.11.75 XR362 Brize - Gander (Slip)
08.11.75 XR365 Gander - Nassau (Slip)
09.11.75 XR371 Nassau - Belize - Nassau (Slip)
10.11.75 XR362 Nassau - Belize - Nassau (Slip)
12.11.75 XR366 Nassau - Bermuda - Brize (Home)
The loads consisted mainly of helicopters, ferret scout cars and (I think) a Harrier on its special cradle (fuselage with the one-piece wing set at an angle alongside).
You will be astonished to learn that Gander and Nassau were covered in sick C130s.
C'est la guerre!