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NRU74
When the Andover came into service at Abingdon c 1966 much was made (probably by Hawker Siddeley) of its ‘’kneeling’ undercarriage capability available for loading.
Was it ever much used ?
When the C1’s and E3a’s were sent to 32 Squadron in the early 90’s, they were used mainly as troopers between the UK and Germany, so the knelling wasn’t used. However, when the RAF disposed on them in 1994, I went with XS644 to Kenya to use on aid flights into South Sudan. The kneeeling was used all the time as the strips we were flying into had no facilities apart from manpower.
Scooby