Low flying Hercules in Dorset 1979-1980

[taylorius]

Thanks for the fascinating replies!

Hi

Just wanted to thank everyone for their replies, it's fascinating to hear about the low level Tac flying. For some reason I love it that they used prominent landmarks as waypoints during flights. Dengue_Dude, I can definitely understand why you would miss it, it just sounds brilliant!

I used to always listen for the sound of approaching engines, I would see Hercules, Jaguars (christ they were loud!), and Chinooks, which made my favourite noise of all, going in and out of phase with the wind, sometime barely audible, but then growing in resonance to a great chopping roar. But I think to find yourself automatically ducking under a low flying Hercules was surely the top prize.

Thanks again Guys

Matt Taylor