MPA/SAR Hercules patrolling the Falklands
Thanks also to 1312 for some excellent and much appreciated comms and top cover when SAR ing up to 300 miles offshore plus one notable casevac from South Georgia. 
Al 78Sqn SK
Al 78Sqn SK
Al-B, 15 March `93..?
Now let me think did I have fun there or not mmmmmmmmmmm Yep I had fun fun fun, great flying great support and the 4 months past quickly. Stories, there are many but could I tell them don't think so.
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HERDET HARDET PHANDET CHINDET SARDET
Some of us are old enough to remember the 'Dets'. An interesting event for me was recovering to Stanley at night when a Haulamatic bounced off the road, outside ATC, and rolled into a ditch. In doing so it cut the power from the ATC generator. We were at about 5 miles to go on the approach when the airfield was plunged into darkness. We overshot and held, eventually ATC called us on their battery powered UHF back radio to tell us what had happened. They then switched on the glim lights and we carried out a visual approach and landing.
Do we still have those basic back ups in place?
Do we still have those basic back ups in place?
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We certainly did in the late 90s. I recollect operating into a strip somewhere near the Albanian/Kosovan border under such conditions.
To those who know the strip - it wasn't me!!!!
To those who know the strip - it wasn't me!!!!
Had LE58's(modern glims) at MPA in 91/92 a Timmy took off and blew a LE58 into the undershoot, never found it even after a S King had an aerial look for us as well. Stiil had LE58's at Marham in 97 and we still use them at Shawbury's RLG's
for night T's etc.
for night T's etc.
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Are goosenecks out of the ATC inventory now? Remember the instructors making the young WRAFs demonstrate how to extinguish them on my basic TG9 course all those years ago !
Goosenecks are long gone, there were replaced by FGI's(Flare Ground Indicator's) basically a giant roman candle which was ignited by a port fire(like a big phosphorous match).
Flare Ground Indicating No. MK-1 Yellow
The glims came into use then the LE58's.
Remember the loss of a F4 at MPA in Oct 91, the C130's and Sea King's seemed to be flying dawn to night in an effort to find the guys, the C130's
also flew the ill or relatives of the seriously ill or dying to Santiago for onward flight to the UK, they even did once such flight on Christmas Day 1991, complete with an inflatable Father Christmas !
Flare Ground Indicating No. MK-1 Yellow
The glims came into use then the LE58's.
Remember the loss of a F4 at MPA in Oct 91, the C130's and Sea King's seemed to be flying dawn to night in an effort to find the guys, the C130's
also flew the ill or relatives of the seriously ill or dying to Santiago for onward flight to the UK, they even did once such flight on Christmas Day 1991, complete with an inflatable Father Christmas !
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FGI's , loved standing outside the tower at Honington waiting for the signal to light them for a check of Buccaneers gear. Then watch it taxi past , those don't chaps upstairs kindly forgetting to let us know outside lol .
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Very interesting reading indeed!!
Thanks to you all.
Since you are refering to C-130 in some SAR/MAR based either at RAF Stanley or MPA, Iīd like to know if other than "Excersice Millenium" was ever done with the Fuerza Aerea Argentina. (late 90s)
As far as I Know, it was a SAR excersice which was conducted south of Lafonia (may be some 50/70 NM) which involved at least an argentinean C-130, an a naval vessel from each navy. I tend to believe that many other aircrafts must have been involved but thatīs pretty much all the information I have.
Anything anyone could add?
Christian
Thanks to you all.
Since you are refering to C-130 in some SAR/MAR based either at RAF Stanley or MPA, Iīd like to know if other than "Excersice Millenium" was ever done with the Fuerza Aerea Argentina. (late 90s)
As far as I Know, it was a SAR excersice which was conducted south of Lafonia (may be some 50/70 NM) which involved at least an argentinean C-130, an a naval vessel from each navy. I tend to believe that many other aircrafts must have been involved but thatīs pretty much all the information I have.
Anything anyone could add?
Christian
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