The Argosy
Life on 105, Khormaksar, remembering the "strengthened floor", at the front of the freight bay underneath the floor were the inverters & sundry other electrical gizmo's, caused some difficulties when the inverters failed with a loaded freight bay, simply it wasn't possible to open the rear clamshell doors to move the freight out to enable the floorboards (some "millions" of screws all with buggered heads from loading freight before we used Rollamat) to be lifted, don't remember the details (mod number) but a fix was introduced to enable this to be accomplished, but do remember it was introduced on XP409 first, an aircraft that had had an electrical fire in the battery box & had "non standard" wiring, so when it was to be introduced to the fleet caused some head scratching as it was found not all aircraft had a "standard" electrical fit IAW the AP wiring diagrams, we all had our "own" aircraft as travelling groundcrew, an airframe,electrical & engine tradesman, went with the aircraft up & down the route (jollies they were, usually ended up as tea boy) mine was XP439, lovely machine. With reference the low fuel bowser, it did fit , reversed in, with the cab fitting in the rear area below the rear escape hatch, we took them down to Matsapa for the Swaziland troubles then they were shipped to Salisbury (Southern Rhodesia for the youngsters, when we had an Empire) where they may still be ?.
So many happy memories PH.