Global Aviation Magazine : 60 Years of the Hercules
Chickenlover,
Thanks for that, can you try it again, I have hopefully fixed it. Worry not, your winery visit videos are definitely not for public consumption.
Hope you are well, if it does work, are you flying one of the flybys ?
Smudge
thanks to boguing for confirming that my link now works. Enjoy some Albert low flying, amongst the suck and blow stuff.
Thanks for that, can you try it again, I have hopefully fixed it. Worry not, your winery visit videos are definitely not for public consumption.
Hope you are well, if it does work, are you flying one of the flybys ?
Smudge
thanks to boguing for confirming that my link now works. Enjoy some Albert low flying, amongst the suck and blow stuff.
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The Hawk guys look as though they are the ones having the most fun!
Lyneham Lad,
Glad you enjoyed it, the Hawk lads might have been having fun, but they weren't having fun whilst consuming coffee and donuts
Seriously, those photographers go out in all sorts of weather and get some great photographs of our waning aircraft inventories, respect and credit to them.
Smudge
Glad you enjoyed it, the Hawk lads might have been having fun, but they weren't having fun whilst consuming coffee and donuts
Seriously, those photographers go out in all sorts of weather and get some great photographs of our waning aircraft inventories, respect and credit to them.Smudge
Dragartist
Years later I became involved again in Snoopy when Boscombe (Not sure if it was DERA or Q2 at the time) had bought the aircraft for £1. I think The Herc IPT had retained some Type Airworthiness Authority status. We were short of Ks and started to lay plans for flat flooring the aircraft, putting the cloud and clunk back on the nose and using the aircraft for Airdrop and parachute trials. This never came off. It was good to see the airframe used for A400M engine development. The aircraft was sat in quite a sorry state at Cambridge last year.
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Very sad pics indeed 
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RIP Snoopy ...
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Oddly enough I was at Cambridge last Thursday evening for the RAeS Voyager lecture. Snoopy had been turned around since the last time I saw. Still had the Red Nose radome. Comic Relief.
I think someone should have saved the refuelling probe. You never know we may need them again in a hurry.
Sad but there you go.
Scrap aluminium £600 per ton or so I am told.
I think someone should have saved the refuelling probe. You never know we may need them again in a hurry.
Sad but there you go.
Scrap aluminium £600 per ton or so I am told.
Dougie #2824,
They might be a bit higher, but do the J's carry "directional consultants" on low level trips ? If not, perhaps they are following standard practice when using "Vasco de Ios"
Smudge
They might be a bit higher, but do the J's carry "directional consultants" on low level trips ? If not, perhaps they are following standard practice when using "Vasco de Ios"
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Smuj
Like the Flight Engineers the Navs were phased out with the conversion to "J"s. There are a couple of Mission Planners left but it's all pre-programmed in the computer now.
It was a satisfying experience recently to train up foreign C130 "E" and "H" crews who still have Navs in the crew.
Like the Flight Engineers the Navs were phased out with the conversion to "J"s. There are a couple of Mission Planners left but it's all pre-programmed in the computer now.
It was a satisfying experience recently to train up foreign C130 "E" and "H" crews who still have Navs in the crew.
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End of an Era
Smuj old mate.
F and C comps went with the doppler ages ago. Even young K Navs wouldn't know what they did.
I saw the writing on the wall when I asked my grandchildren which one was me in the photo. They said "You are the one with grey hair"
I retired then.
F and C comps went with the doppler ages ago. Even young K Navs wouldn't know what they did.
I saw the writing on the wall when I asked my grandchildren which one was me in the photo. They said "You are the one with grey hair"
I retired then.
Doug,
Did they really get rid of Doppler ? You'll tell me next that the Omega went too !! No wonder they don't need Navs anymore. One thing for sure, like me, I'm sure you have many great memories of Albert and the people who made sure Albert went around its proscribed route. Tucker T and myself often reminisce about a certain trip to Oz many moons ago, and a "hash house" jungle jaunt. I prefer that they didn't replace you, like all modern governments they just found a cheaper way to do it. No doubt the pilots are next to be removed from the loop.
Best
Smudge
Did they really get rid of Doppler ? You'll tell me next that the Omega went too !! No wonder they don't need Navs anymore. One thing for sure, like me, I'm sure you have many great memories of Albert and the people who made sure Albert went around its proscribed route. Tucker T and myself often reminisce about a certain trip to Oz many moons ago, and a "hash house" jungle jaunt. I prefer that they didn't replace you, like all modern governments they just found a cheaper way to do it. No doubt the pilots are next to be removed from the loop.
Best
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Talking of Nav kit, it was the LORAN which really got me . . . for once in my life, I was sorry for Navs.
That and the dedication required to achieve a three-star fix, teetering on that absurd step (apart from Roger Howe that is).
Min Time Tracks for transatlantic until the arrival of JetPlan, toting around the confuser along with the telephone cradle.
Even I operated laser ring gyro INS with GPS update in later life, stripping away all the magic by telling us where we were rather than where we'd just been.
That and the dedication required to achieve a three-star fix, teetering on that absurd step (apart from Roger Howe that is).
Min Time Tracks for transatlantic until the arrival of JetPlan, toting around the confuser along with the telephone cradle.
Even I operated laser ring gyro INS with GPS update in later life, stripping away all the magic by telling us where we were rather than where we'd just been.
Ahh Brian, talk of modern kit. I remember SCINS being introduced on the SF frames toward the end of my time. GE's were given a pamphlet describing operation and component parts, then sent off on 4 week SF dets, hopefully armed with enough info to fix it if it went tits. Never had one break, and thanks to one particular Nav I certainly learned how it all worked. Modern Nav stuff is a doddle, it has to be, pilots operate it.
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The older generation may identify with this song wot I writ in about 1976 when I was on 30 (with Fink):
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5xuoedhybw...odied.mp3?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5xuoedhybw...odied.mp3?dl=0
Brian,
Thanks for that post re "Crud and Custard". Interesting to note that someone can go from monitoring instruments to playing them. Unfortunately, the link seems to stop as you describe the Flight Engineer's part. Is that deliberate, or is there more that you have withheld ? And is there some witty banter on GEs ? What's more, did you play guitar as a tecky at Colerne, as I did ?
Smudge
Thanks for that post re "Crud and Custard". Interesting to note that someone can go from monitoring instruments to playing them. Unfortunately, the link seems to stop as you describe the Flight Engineer's part. Is that deliberate, or is there more that you have withheld ? And is there some witty banter on GEs ? What's more, did you play guitar as a tecky at Colerne, as I did ?
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'Ere Smuj, my copy goes to the end.
When I wrote it, we didn't always carry a GE - quite often only SVC, one such was Corporal Phil Howgego who has just retired from Virgin as a 747 skipper!
However, this one, does mention the GE :
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...te%20Tales.mp3
Yes I used to grace the Drying Rooms at Colerne and also appeared with Fred Wedlock when we opened the Colerne Folk Club in about 1972/3 time.
When I wrote it, we didn't always carry a GE - quite often only SVC, one such was Corporal Phil Howgego who has just retired from Virgin as a 747 skipper!
However, this one, does mention the GE :
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...te%20Tales.mp3
Yes I used to grace the Drying Rooms at Colerne and also appeared with Fred Wedlock when we opened the Colerne Folk Club in about 1972/3 time.