Herc air to air photography
 

Enjoy

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-eng...air-photoshoot

Loved the statement about being very rare to put three up all at once. 'When I were a lad' we used to put up 37 for the JATFOR exercises !

Indeed. I remember SCOTTACs being routinely 16 aircraft.

Remember it well, but that was when we had an air transport fleet. Bl**dy dangerous, as I recall.

They`d never pass muster for the `Green Barrows`...

Ahh air-to-air photons from Albert - always fun, so here is one of mine:


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Depends on how close you want to get...

Closer again:


https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....2394e5af10.jpg

Hmm... opportunity to move back from the kebab stick, but it's going to be tight:


https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....ad0152876e.jpg

Going to be a tight squeeze...


https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....d0683efbdf.jpg

Just raise the nose a little and this may just work...


https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....caa5461349.jpg

Those were the days.

Lovely photos, JTO - put a smile on my face, they did.

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....3c8cddfa3d.jpg
Personally this is my fave (but only cos I was lucky enough to get a pax ride in the one in front)

LDF,
not many people take about being lucky to get a pax ride in the Hercules ! We once took the whole JATFOR operation to Incirlik in Turkey for Ex Deep Furrow. Amazing to think we did that.Huge respect for the groundcrew who managed to get so many serviceable.

#10 `Loadie(probably aa62) ;Captain,can you tell Tonka to sweep the wings,then he can come aboard the HAS(Herc Airborne Shelter)......well maybe the front bit..!
Tonka; Can we have 2 coffees,W,2 sugars and any curly sarnies,please..?

From the days of no film = no kill it is possible to prove that an F-3 QWI (AD) can actually find the galley and get a round of brews in for the tanker crew. True 'shock and awe' tactics:


https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....ffaacf3f89.jpg

If the Herc has been airborne more than thirty minutes, there won't be any sandwiches left. Not called "Eating Command" for nothing.

As for the tanker guys themselves, well I could try and claim this was taken with a big camera with a big lens but I guess you know the score...


https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....bb0135f456.jpg

Not many things you can hear from a Herc ramp, but 4 x Conway engines makes the list:


https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....3814aed47f.jpg

A Herc ramp can be a draughty place to take photos from but the Galley QWI featured earlier looks a lot better when fully dressed with 4x AMRAAM, 4x ASRAAM & 1x Gun:


https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....57e5ab332d.jpg

Anyway, probably enough from me.

" Remember it well, but that was when we had an air transport fleet. Bl**dy dangerous, as I recall".
Anybody else recall the 38 Grp 'Draught Guinness' original scatter plan? :eek: Flat cloud tops at 8k and Bevs popping up at 'interesting angles all over the place!! :ooh: