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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Nov 2021, 10:24
Replies: 362
Views: 138,949
Posted By ancientaviator62

brakedwell, great pics thanks....

brakedwell,
great pics thanks. One of our Hercules broke loose from the tie downs at Lajes in a gale. IIRC only damage was a few scratches on the radome as it nestled into the fence.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Dec 2015, 10:14
Replies: 362
Views: 138,949
Posted By ancientaviator62

Dean, if I recall correctly the only way...

Dean,
if I recall correctly the only way we knew we were near thunderstorms at night was the St Elmo's Fire and the ADF wandering off to find it. Apart that is from the turbulence and the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Dec 2015, 07:38
Replies: 362
Views: 138,949
Posted By ancientaviator62

Dean, thanks for another set of great...

Dean,
thanks for another set of great pics. The one where they are playing cards down the back chimes with my similar pic on the Hercules thread. Nothing changes but the airframe.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Dec 2015, 12:03
Replies: 362
Views: 138,949
Posted By ancientaviator62

JW411, I can assure you that the Jack...

JW411,
I can assure you that the Jack H. to which Dean refers was indeed a Hastings man and afterwards Hercules. I was at Colerne when the Ponza incident happened and the story is true.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Dec 2015, 07:59
Replies: 362
Views: 138,949
Posted By ancientaviator62

Dean, ref your Ponza story, I met the...

Dean,
ref your Ponza story, I met the unfortunate pilot a few years later. I got the impression his career never recovered from the incident.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Dec 2015, 07:44
Replies: 362
Views: 138,949
Posted By ancientaviator62

Dean, thank you for the wonderful...

Dean,
thank you for the wonderful evocative pictures of the Hastings. Ah memories !
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Feb 2015, 06:36
Replies: 362
Views: 138,949
Posted By ancientaviator62

Proplinerman, very nice pic...

Proplinerman,
very nice pic thanks. You can clearly see the highset of the tailplane on the CMk 1. It was almost level with the 'cheat' linre on the CMK 2.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Feb 2015, 12:24
Replies: 362
Views: 138,949
Posted By ancientaviator62

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m19/ancientavia...

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m19/ancientaviator62/HASTINGS_zps5e05b1bb.jpg (http://s100.photobucket.com/user/ancientaviator62/media/HASTINGS_zps5e05b1bb.jpg.html)

A postcard showing TG 528...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Feb 2015, 11:25
Replies: 362
Views: 138,949
Posted By ancientaviator62

trevor hope, TG 528 now...

trevor hope,
TG 528 now resides in comfortable retirement at Duxford. She is now in the colours worn during Op Plainfare.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Feb 2015, 07:40
Replies: 362
Views: 138,949
Posted By ancientaviator62

BB, if you flew in a Hastings in 1972 then...

BB,
if you flew in a Hastings in 1972 then it was probably a T5 OF '1066 Flight' from Lindholme. So one of your own from Bomber Command.
The Transport/ Air Support Command Hastings were all...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Jan 2015, 09:25
Replies: 362
Views: 138,949
Posted By ancientaviator62

brakedwell, thank you for those...

brakedwell,
thank you for those very evocative pictures. I had forgotten quite how close they were. I recall several trips at night in thunderstorms over that route. According to my...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Jan 2015, 07:27
Replies: 362
Views: 138,949
Posted By ancientaviator62

dh108, I was an AQM on Hastings but...

dh108,
I was an AQM on Hastings but just did the one tour before converting to Lockheed's masterpiece.
As has been mentioned the Hastings was unpressurised so at any height above 10000...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Jan 2015, 14:12
Replies: 362
Views: 138,949
Posted By ancientaviator62

JW411, your last pic looks like a MK 1...

JW411,
your last pic looks like a MK 1 before they were all modded to MK1A with the external tanks.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Jan 2015, 10:17
Replies: 362
Views: 138,949
Posted By ancientaviator62

My last Hastings trip was on December 21/22 1967...

My last Hastings trip was on December 21/22 1967 to Luqa and back via Abingdon. A/c was 343 and we were full of families coming home for Xmas.
We decorated the a/c with balloons etc which burst as...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Jan 2015, 07:10
Replies: 362
Views: 138,949
Posted By ancientaviator62

joy ride, we had two different marks...

joy ride,
we had two different marks of Hastings in service during my time. The Mk 1A, with the higher set tailplane and external tanks and the Mk 2 with the lower set tailplane and...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Jan 2015, 07:04
Replies: 362
Views: 138,949
Posted By ancientaviator62

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m19/ancientavia...

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m19/ancientaviator62/HASTINGSBERMUDA0003_zps7420cc60.jpg (http://s100.photobucket.com/user/ancientaviator62/media/HASTINGSBERMUDA0003_zps7420cc60.jpg.html)
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Jan 2015, 09:46
Replies: 362
Views: 138,949
Posted By ancientaviator62

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m19/ancientavia...

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m19/ancientaviator62/HASTINGSLAJES0002_zps322c5fe6.jpg (http://s100.photobucket.com/user/ancientaviator62/media/HASTINGSLAJES0002_zps322c5fe6.jpg.html)

A...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Jan 2015, 07:30
Replies: 362
Views: 138,949
Posted By ancientaviator62

Brakedwell, reminds me of the time...

Brakedwell,
reminds me of the time at Lajes when our Herc pulled out the ground picket points and made a dash for freedom. Found next day at the fence but amazingly without damage.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Jan 2015, 07:28
Replies: 362
Views: 138,949
Posted By ancientaviator62

staircase, I doubt that your...

staircase,
I doubt that your pension is in peril ! As I implied in my caption I was not sure who owned the a/c. Thanks for the correction.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Jan 2015, 07:41
Replies: 362
Views: 138,949
Posted By ancientaviator62

evansb, thank you for your...

evansb,
thank you for your compliment. But just a case of right place, right time with for a change, a camera.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Jan 2015, 06:44
Replies: 362
Views: 138,949
Posted By ancientaviator62

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m19/ancientavia...

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m19/ancientaviator62/Misc_0000192A_zps76cac86a.jpg (http://s100.photobucket.com/user/ancientaviator62/media/Misc_0000192A_zps76cac86a.jpg.html)

I think this is...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Jan 2015, 07:34
Replies: 362
Views: 138,949
Posted By ancientaviator62

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m19/ancientavia...

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m19/ancientaviator62/HASTINGS1_zpse75e8c30.jpg (http://s100.photobucket.com/user/ancientaviator62/media/HASTINGS1_zpse75e8c30.jpg.html)

This pic was taken...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Jan 2015, 12:49
Replies: 362
Views: 138,949
Posted By ancientaviator62

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m19/ancientavia...

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m19/ancientaviator62/scan0034_zpsdc63ad21.jpg (http://s100.photobucket.com/user/ancientaviator62/media/scan0034_zpsdc63ad21.jpg.html)

Palisadoes (as was)...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Jan 2015, 12:04
Replies: 362
Views: 138,949
Posted By ancientaviator62

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m19/ancientavia...

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m19/ancientaviator62/7292fa10-d1cf-4afe-8591-3badbe0b5282_zps3545c0d5.jpg...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Dec 2014, 07:51
Replies: 362
Views: 138,949
Posted By ancientaviator62

Patkinson, if you look at the...

Patkinson,
if you look at the 'Global Aviation 60 years of the Hercules' thread you will see a pic of Fuji and also a pic of the Hastings. May bring back memories.
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