Originally Posted by
delboy1964
Nope not quite. This very nice crew transport had 2 pilots, 1 nav and a loadie for normal ops. If dropping paras then extra dispatcher/s were carried also if dropping Seac packs or 4 linked 1 ton containers on a roller track. Initially 6 x 1 tons were cleared for auto drop but following a trial when a rear container jumped the roller guide rails and temporarily caused a jam with the c of g out of limits to the rear this was changed to 2 + 4. As 1 tons were normally released at 400 ft agl at (105 kts? I think) a nose high stalling aircraft made the crew very nervous. I see on 1 picture a John Love. He was always called Brian on the Sqn.
Just what the RAF needs today to supplement the Hercs they are about to retire.