Looking for film friendly L-100 in Southern Europe
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Looking for film friendly L-100 in Southern Europe
I am looking for an L-100 or civilian looking Herc for a film and photographic shoot which will take place in Southern Europe/North Africa late March. It involves both flying and static sequences and will be over a weeks work.
I am exploring the obvious operators, but if anyone has any other suggestions that would be very helpful.
Thanks guys,
McH
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Originally Posted by McHover
I am looking for an L-100 or civilian looking Herc for a film and photographic shoot which will take place in Southern Europe/North Africa late March. It involves both flying and static sequences and will be over a weeks work.
I am exploring the obvious operators, but if anyone has any other suggestions that would be very helpful.
Thanks guys,
McH
I am exploring the obvious operators, but if anyone has any other suggestions that would be very helpful.
Thanks guys,
McH
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Originally Posted by captjns
No... I know they're flying whales. I don't know about the L-100s though.
)"Transport" ceased operations in 1998.
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Originally Posted by CargoMatatu
That's Southern Air Inc., NOT Southern Air Transport (best years of my life )
"Transport" ceased operations in 1998.
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)"Transport" ceased operations in 1998.
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Air Contractors operates the only civilian registered Herc in Europe, and is very amenable to this type of contract having done one previously for an episode of Survivor, or something like that. As mentioned contact charters @aircontractors.com or call +353-1-812-1900.
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Nobody needs a standby horizon in a military C-130 until all electrical systems fail in IMC....TWICE for one Aircraft Commander (my father), in an 'A' and then an 'E' model. All those legs in F-51s, RF-84Fs, Connies, C-119s, KC-97s, C-124s (only 100 hours on one trip to Saigon and back...at 11,000') and C-130s/B-727s paid off.
But the highly-experienced, professional (enlisted) Flight Engineers saved their lives, with electrical emergencies which were not supposed to happen-all systems normal until then. This was not like the Zantop 'Logair' Electra over Utah.
The first action on the later incident C-130 was to quickly point a flashlight at the unpowered AC's horizon/ADI (no inverter power...) as they used all their knowledge climbing from Scott AFB at 500' AGL in the weather at night!
The third desperate crew (C-130B?) over Hawaii threw down the landing gear to try to slow down before they went below the undercast and had a visible horizon.
In solid IMC that crew would have died.
"Go mechanical on number 4!".
Nobody needs a standby horizon in a military C-130 until all electrical systems fail in IMC....TWICE for one Aircraft Commander (my father), in an 'A' and then an 'E' model. All those legs in F-51s, RF-84Fs, Connies, C-119s, KC-97s, C-124s (only 100 hours on one trip to Saigon and back...at 11,000') and C-130s/B-727s paid off.
But the highly-experienced, professional (enlisted) Flight Engineers saved their lives, with electrical emergencies which were not supposed to happen-all systems normal until then. This was not like the Zantop 'Logair' Electra over Utah.
The first action on the later incident C-130 was to quickly point a flashlight at the unpowered AC's horizon/ADI (no inverter power...) as they used all their knowledge climbing from Scott AFB at 500' AGL in the weather at night!
The third desperate crew (C-130B?) over Hawaii threw down the landing gear to try to slow down before they went below the undercast and had a visible horizon.
In solid IMC that crew would have died.
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Just a quick thanks to everyone for their advice on my enquiry last month. I ended up working with the guys at Heli Air (www.heliair.bg) in Sofia and they did a terrific job.
Best wishes,
McHover
Best wishes,
McHover