Must have entered service at WOTG in around 1994/5.
Unlike VX 275 to be wrong.
I like the comment about the green skid marks. I thought the paras had been eating grass.
It always appeared odd that we could tailgate LLP from the Skyvan but not the Herc. I know certification of some of the para kit from the Civilian Skyvan proved administratively complex and did not sit well with the RTSA. (All pre MAA) How we got away with it for trials I know not. Was the A/C operated under 2 Gp rules or CAA/BPA? A bit like who knows? Who cares? Tuc would have a mare over this. I know I used to.
Famous bit of film somewhere on Youtube of a 360 SLS hang up and HUPRA. How do the Civy para schools deal with a hang up?
Just goes to show how useful these aircraft have been that they are still filling a gap all these years on. Other options have been studied to death over the years.