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MAC 40612
The Swedish Air Force C-130 was the crew ferry, to ferry back the Swedish Air Force crew who had flown a Swedish Air Force Gulfstream into Farnborough earlier in the day, for maintenance at the Gulfstream service centre. The Gulfstream service centre at Farnborough has now taken over as the main UK site from the site they previously had at Luton airport.
I wonder if the Gulfstream crew were impressed in being flown back in a C-130
MAC 40612
Your moniker dates you!! I could never understand what the relevance of that particular C-141 was back in the day (the 1970s and 80s). What was its significance? I have wondered about that for years!!