Smudge,
I think it was probably my stunt double in the para dropping video !
The Beverley was indeed a class act for it could take higher loads than the Hercules. It had a 10 ft square fuselage with no intrusions wheras the height of the Herc cargo compartment was just over 9 feet and of course it had intrusions into that space. Also on airdrop the Bev had the boom for para dropping as well as the cargo compartment for heavy drop etc.
But bottom line is the Hercules outperformed the Beverley and the Hastings in every other way.