Cyclone Tracy
I operated (F/E) RIC-ISA-DN 27DEC74 (7.1 Hrs Night) C130A A97-212
DN-SYD-RIC 28DEC74 (6.8 Hrs Day) C130A A97-212. RIC-ISA-DN 30DEC74 (4.7 Hrs Day - 3.0 Night) C130A A97-216. DN-SYD-RIC 31DEC74 C130A A97-216 (2.8 Hrs Day - 4.1 Night) RIC-LAV-ASPGS-DN 2JAN75 C130A A97-210 (9.6 Hrs Day) DN-RIC 02JAN75 (6.2 Hrs Night). These flights were all in response to Darwin Cyclone Tracy resupply/evacuation effort. Flt Lt Brian O'Toole was the PIC on these flights. Between 14JAN75 and 20JAN75 I operated another three round trip flights to and from Darwin, all originating at RAAF RICHMOND and in various C130A's. As an aside, A97-212 is still being flown by Earl Cherry of Earl Cherry Aviation in Lousiana USA, currently engaged in trials of air to air refuelling of helicopters for the US Armed Forces. As we used to say "A's are for GO"