JohnT Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 News article and video on BBC website here https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-devon-46824931/saunton-sands-hosts-giant-hercules-transport-plane-landing I suppose to the lay folks it is a "giant" aeroplane. Three small boys complaining about sand in their eyes and ice cream, as well as ruining their sand castles 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Cool video. When was it done? The picture quality implies recently, but I'm sure I've seen a vid of a Herk landing on a beach before. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 10 minutes ago, Mike said: Cool video. When was it done? The picture quality implies recently, but I'm sure I've seen a vid of a Herk landing on a beach before. Mike the BBC website looks like it was recent but then again they have a habit of doing old news on a quiet news day Hang on - Typical BBC getting it wrong - its not an RAF exercise on a beach in Devon but the new Ryanair daily flight to Exeter City Airport 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikolay Polyakov Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 15 minutes ago, Mike said: When was it done? About a ten years ago or so. Notice how short the take-off distance... I think you’ll find it interesting: Cheers! 🙃 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Nikolay Polyakov said: About a ten years ago or so. Notice how short the take-off distance... Nikolay one of lifes coincidences is that I have just started the first few pages of a new book which refers to this very trial on the USS Forrestal. The book is by Ewen Southby-Tailyour and titled Exocet Falklands - the untold story of special forces operations. He refers to this trial in the prologue and mentions that some thought was applied to getting a an RAF C-130 on HMS Hermes and perhaps also Invincible. That would have been a very tight fit A400M on Queen Elizabeth or POW anyone? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikolay Polyakov Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 12 minutes ago, JohnT said: one of lifes coincidences is that I have just started the first few pages of a new book which refers to this very trial on the USS Forrestal. That’s true! 12 minutes ago, JohnT said: He refers to this trial in the prologue and mentions that some thought was applied to getting a an RAF C-130 on HMS Hermes and perhaps also Invincible. It’s very interesting, and very risky... 14 minutes ago, JohnT said: That would have been a very tight fit Sure, the HMS Hermes is about a 100 meters shorter than the USS Forrestal... Also the Fulton Recovery System is a very interesting thing. Thanks! 🤝 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Invincible...really beam around ooh 36 m and Hercules wing span 40m....no angled deck The island in the way....only one result out of that evaluation...🤔 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 (edited) Reminds me of extraction from the desert in 1991 GW1....New Zealand Hercules no seats just ringbolts to hold on to....very steep take off ...great view Edited February 12, 2019 by junglierating 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted February 3, 2019 Author Share Posted February 3, 2019 On 29/01/2019 at 18:50, junglierating said: Invincible...really beam around ooh 36 m and Hercules wing span 40m....no angled deck The island in the way....only one result out of that evaluation...🤔 I suppose the RAF could have got it on board with a crabbed approach - From reading some of the schemes being floated without intel etc that was one of the saner ideas being touted. Thankfully either sanity or events intervened to prevent some schemes ever progressing beyond the lunatic planning phase. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonR Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 On 1/10/2019 at 2:23 PM, Mike said: Cool video. When was it done? The picture quality implies recently, but I'm sure I've seen a vid of a Herk landing on a beach before. Hi chaps, just to clarify the Herc landed on Saunton beach on Jan 9 2019 - a mate was there to see it land and got some photos that he shared on facebook. Hope that clears it up! Cheers Simon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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