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Old Herky Birds from the Golden Years
Old Herky Birds from the Golden Years
Some Old Herky Birds from my archives & not a grey aeroplane in sight, all taken by myself or my later father.
57-0493 C-130D 139th Tactical Airlift Squadron, New York Air National Guard, Schenectady County Airport by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr
65-0962 HC-130H 67th ARRS, RAF Woodbridge. by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr
69-5823 HC-130N 67th ARRS, RAF Woodbridge. by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr
64-0555 MC-130E 7th SOS, Rhine Maine AFB. RAF Fairford, May 1982 by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr
130308 CC-130E 435 Squadron, CFB Edmonton by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr
XV208 Hercules W2 Met Flight, MOD(PE) Farnborough by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr
54-1640 C-130A 105th TAS, Tennessee ANG, Nashville Airport. by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr
149790\JL C-130F VR-22 "Medriders", NAS Rota by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr
NZ7002 C-130H RNZAF, 40 Squadron, RNZAF Base Auckland by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr
A97-160 C-130E RAAF, 37 Squadron, RAAF Richmond AB by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr
84005\845 TP-84 C-130H Swedish AF, F7 Wing, Satena AB. by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr
XV200 Hercules C1 Lyneham Tactical Wing, RAF Lyneham. by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr
57-0493 C-130D 139th Tactical Airlift Squadron, New York Air National Guard, Schenectady County Airport by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr
65-0962 HC-130H 67th ARRS, RAF Woodbridge. by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr
69-5823 HC-130N 67th ARRS, RAF Woodbridge. by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr
64-0555 MC-130E 7th SOS, Rhine Maine AFB. RAF Fairford, May 1982 by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr
130308 CC-130E 435 Squadron, CFB Edmonton by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr
XV208 Hercules W2 Met Flight, MOD(PE) Farnborough by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr
54-1640 C-130A 105th TAS, Tennessee ANG, Nashville Airport. by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr
149790\JL C-130F VR-22 "Medriders", NAS Rota by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr
NZ7002 C-130H RNZAF, 40 Squadron, RNZAF Base Auckland by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr
A97-160 C-130E RAAF, 37 Squadron, RAAF Richmond AB by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr
84005\845 TP-84 C-130H Swedish AF, F7 Wing, Satena AB. by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr
XV200 Hercules C1 Lyneham Tactical Wing, RAF Lyneham. by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr
Re: Old Herky Birds from the Golden Years
Quality.....
Re: Old Herky Birds from the Golden Years
Brilliant Stuart - thanks for posting
Particularly like the HC-130s from the 67th ARRS at Woodbridge and the 'roman nose' ANG C-130
best
Darren
Particularly like the HC-130s from the 67th ARRS at Woodbridge and the 'roman nose' ANG C-130
best
Darren
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Re: Old Herky Birds from the Golden Years
Great selection of frames.
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Re: Old Herky Birds from the Golden Years
Thanks for sharing these, very nostalgic. I'm sure some if not all of these attended IATs at both Fairford and Greenham Common over the past few decades.
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Hi Stuart
Wonderful set there
Agree with Darren re: the C130A (great to see the W2 as well)
Thanks for posting
Paddyboy
Wonderful set there
Agree with Darren re: the C130A (great to see the W2 as well)
Thanks for posting
Paddyboy
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Great selection of shots - love the Canadian as well as the Rescue Herc with the yellow band around the fuselage. Sad none of these great colour schemes are around anymore, apart from the LC-130s.
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Re: Old Herky Birds from the Golden Years
Great stuff Stuart, a real selection of classic C-130s.
Cheers.
Cheers.
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hi, cant remember if it was mildenhall when mc 130e from 7th SoS , Did a demo of an aircrew pick up, fortunately they used a dummy but was very impressive, any one who could give year . thanks great display .Rob
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I think it was 1982 when they did the aircrew pick up. Someone correct me if I'm wrong please!
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What a great selection of Hercules photos there, they do bring back so many memories, many thanks for posting these,
Rob
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Re: Old Herky Birds from the Golden Years
What a great variety of schemes you put together there, super post.
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Snoopy the Hercules with the long nose cone XV208 was an amazing Aircraft to see, I only saw it at IAT 1993 but still thought it was amazing.
Re: Old Herky Birds from the Golden Years
Excellent selection, thanks for posting, some superb schemes.
If you can keep your head whilst all around are losing theirs, you have probably completely misread the situation!!
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Re: Old Herky Birds from the Golden Years
My Godfathers, they were the days!!!
Great colour schemes on fabulously-interesting airframes.
Many thanks for sharing them and causing a trip down memory lane
Great colour schemes on fabulously-interesting airframes.
Many thanks for sharing them and causing a trip down memory lane
Best regards, Terry
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Re: Old Herky Birds from the Golden Years
Excellent set. All top notch esp the Cannuck bird (such a smart colour scheme). That Kiwi one was taken @ the Silver Jubilee Review held @ Finningley.
Re: Old Herky Birds from the Golden Years
Superb selection! Brought back a few memories!
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Re: Old Herky Birds from the Golden Years
Excellent pics.
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Real quality pics. Brings back great memories. Thanks for posting
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