RNZAF C-130H LEP

[HamiltonWest]

From this morning Breakfast Show - RNZAF C-130 LEP

http://tvnz.co.nz/breakfast-news/alison-pu...e-video-3847526

Alison Pugh at Whenuapai air base (7:22)

Added: 12:05PM Thursday October 21, 2010

Source: Breakfast

Alison Pugh was at Whenuapai air base for the return of two C-130 planes which have just had a…

[Ian Warren]

Now that is COOL! 1966 and still upgraded to this 20 minutes training ... surprised the RNZAF did not ask for the help from the NZFF members

Brain Dead Edit : I,m of to reinstall my Herc

Thanx Ham

[mfraser]

Yeah I caught the tailend of that this morning. I guess I'll have to reconfigure my Captain Sim C130 now!!

Alison did quite well with the reporting - except for calling the Co-pilot a 'Lieutenant'. While the TVNZ website reported the flights as "two orion planes"........

[spongebob206]

Now that is awesome.

My Fav add on at the moment.

All I wanted to fly as a kid.

Many more yrs of seeing these babies in the sky

[Splitpin]

[HercFeend]

Refurbished RNZAF C130

[h290master]

wouldve thought getting a half dozen or 10 new c130j wouldve been alot cheaper in the long run rather than trying to get another 5-10 years out of the old h models

[redkiwi]

QUOTE (h290master @ Nov 2 2010, 06:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

wouldve thought getting a half dozen or 10 new c130j wouldve been alot cheaper in the long run rather than trying to get another 5-10 years out of the old h models

You obviously don't listen then. $250m for the upgrade of our current fleet to what is essentially J-model avionics and a futher 10-15yrs life. New cost for 5x C-130J is well in excess of $1bn. How do you justify the further $750m expenditure for not a huge amount of gain?

[HamiltonWest]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F55KKKhyvWg&hd=1
NZ7003 one of the LEP Herks last Circuit and touch n go of 2 or 3? at Hamilton this afternoon.

[nzav8tor]

Hmm, looks like a Citation Excel cockpit now... Nice Honeywell avionics suite...

[Splitpin]

QUOTE (HamiltonWest @ Nov 29 2010, 08:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F55KKKhyvWg&hd=1
NZ7003 one of the LEP Herks last Circuit and touch n go of 2 or 3? at Hamilton this afternoon.

HAM...you are the man on the spot....you can never have enough Herc footage.
Im moving north....i sit and wait for bloody hours down here for some "truck" traffic.....nothing.....and as soon as i leave....a skier, or one of ours will drop in....thanks for the post

[HamiltonWest]

QUOTE (Splitpin @ Nov 29 2010, 11:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

HAM...you are the man on the spot....you can never have enough Herc footage.
Im moving north....i sit and wait for bloody hours down here for some "truck" traffic.....nothing.....and as soon as i leave....a skier, or one of ours will drop in....thanks for the post

in regards to spotting 03 it consisted of me getting stuck at a red light(lucky I did would of missed it otherwise) and a large Grey aeroplane with 4 engines popping into the field of vision in front of me - so took a turn right and headed for the airport.