Global Aviation Magazine : 60 Years of the Hercules

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I remember flying through Colombo many years ago, carrying a trainee IntO who was given a camera and told to take pictures of anything interesting he saw. He was wetting himself with excitement at 'spotting' the Sri Lankans new purchases and was frantically trying to find a location to take a subversive picture......meanwhile at the other end of the aircraft, our GE was talking to an Ex-RAF engineer working for the Sri Lankans on the delivery of these aircraft.

Said IntO very disappointed some days later when we let the cat out of the bag and told him the identity of the airframes and that I had many hours flying both!!!