OmegaV6
Excellent story of supersonic Hercules there.......but, heard it back in the 60s from one of our loadmasters called Mike B.....e who was on the VIP Hastings in Cyprus on his previous posting. I cannot recall the identity of the flight deck guest , but at a subsequent cocktail party/AOC reception when this notable feat of going supersonic (in a Hastings!!) was told to a very surprised AOC the largely one-sided interviews next morning were not as amusing as the flight itself.
Could be the reason Mike ended up on a helicopter squadron - not much opportunity to go supersonic there.
ps. Mike was a great guy with lots of potential, wonder how he got on?