Mixed fleet
Dougie M, I agree with your reasoning re the wait for the RAF C130 being partly financial. I shared several years with the RAF at RAAF Base Edinburgh, South Australia (1963-1966). It was a relatively common thing to welcome RAF Britannia's, Hastings, Argosy's as well as having resident Valiant, Vulcan and Victor there. We also operated Meteor and Canberra aircraft as well as Dakota, Bristol Freighter and De Haviland Otter as well as Allouette III helo's. The C130A was a better aeroplane than many think. The bulk of my time was on the A model, although I did short tours on the E and H models. I enjoyed them all.