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Forum: Military Aviation
10th Dec 2018, 07:43
Replies: 39
Views: 20,972
Posted By ancientaviator62

abdunbar, the RAF C130 tanker...

abdunbar,
the RAF C130 tanker was totally different to your KC 130. Our single hose went out through a hole in the cargo door and we therefore dispensed our fuel whilst unpressurised....
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Dec 2018, 07:36
Replies: 39
Views: 20,972
Posted By ancientaviator62

ExAscoteer, I will join you...

ExAscoteer,
I will join you in Pedant's Corner. IIRC the book figure was 62920 lbs !
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Dec 2018, 10:53
Replies: 39
Views: 20,972
Posted By ancientaviator62

In theory On the RAF Hercules tanker we could...

In theory On the RAF Hercules tanker we could give away all of our fuel by pumping it up into the wing tanks and hence out via the HDU. We could only dispense fuel via the wing tanks so the fuselage...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Dec 2018, 08:42
Replies: 39
Views: 20,972
Posted By ancientaviator62

Beags, shades of what I called the...

Beags,
shades of what I called the 'Marham Mafia' approach of trying to install totally unsuitable and unworkable Victor features and procedures on other a/c. They could not seem to...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Dec 2018, 07:29
Replies: 39
Views: 20,972
Posted By ancientaviator62

SASless, it would seem to be a...

SASless,
it would seem to be a solution.But the Hercules with the ability to rerole from pax to anything else then brings up the problem of storage. All those 'chutes take up space and...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Dec 2018, 08:20
Replies: 39
Views: 20,972
Posted By ancientaviator62

Ken, that was exactly my argument as to...

Ken,
that was exactly my argument as to why we needed to carry them. If you could ,in extremis, ditch then you had the comfort of two MS26 liferafts to climb in to. Why would you want to jump...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Dec 2018, 07:31
Replies: 39
Views: 20,972
Posted By ancientaviator62

When we operated the RAF C130 tanker we did carry...

When we operated the RAF C130 tanker we did carry parachutes. They were the old WW2 chest types with a harness to go with it. We also carried so called quick don immersion suits.
They were stowed on...
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