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Back to SearchWorkhorse - E70 - 33 Flight in 37 Squadron with Dave Holbourn
Season 1 Episode 70
In 1979 the Royal Australian Air Force acquired two Boeing 707s and began operating them as part of 33 Flight in 37 Squadron. 37 Squadron's David Hol…
1 day, 3 hours ago
Workhorse - E69 - Double Asymmetric with Brett Gibson
Season 1 Episode 69
Having one engine out was experienced by many a C-130 crew, probably multiple times in their careers. But having two out was rare. Even rarer was hav…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Workhorse - E68 - The Air Lift Fleet with John Oddie
Episode 68
With the Royal Australian Air Force buying 20 new C-130Js, divesting C-27Js, and in need of more heavy lift aircraft, force structure of the RAAF's A…
2 months ago
Workhorse - E67 - Overloaded with Allan Edwards
Episode 67
The Royal Australian Air Force has never crashed a C-130, but there have been a few close calls. One of the most remarkable close calls came three da…
3 months ago
Workhorse - E66 - Broken Nose Gear Landing with Chris Sinfield
Episode 66
Chris Sinfield was the flight engineer on a Royal Australian Air Force C-130H during a 285 Squadron training flight mission during which the crew dis…
5 months ago
Workhorse - E65 - 4 Engine Change with Matt Nunn
Episode 65
In early 2007, Royal Australian Air Force C-130Hs A97-003 and A97-010 were operating as Krait 61 - a formation flight conducting special operations s…
6 months ago
Workhorse - E64 - Media with Eamon Hamilton
Episode 64
Anyone who has read about air mobility in the Royal Australian Air Force News over the past 20 years has probably been reading the work of Eamon Hami…
7 months ago
Workhorse - E63 - Airfield Engineering with Gilbert Gonthier
Season 1 Episode 63
C-130s are capable of landing very rudimentary runways, including grass, coral, sand, dirt, etc. Yet, they can't land on all types of surfaces becaus…
8 months ago
Workhorse - E62 - Cope Thunder with Greg Scholes
Episode 62
Exercise Cope Thunder was run in the Philippines, providing combat air mobility training for anyone lucky enough to participate. Greg Scholes was a p…
9 months ago
Workhorse - E61 - Detachment S with Ian Scott
Episode 61
Detachment 'S' was a loosely formed task force that conducted air transport operations in Vietnam during, circa April 1975. It was primarily a humani…
10 months ago