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Postby ardypilot » Tue Aug 18, 2009 5:24 pm

Video here.
Full article here.
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Postby Chairman » Tue Aug 18, 2009 11:21 pm

Cool !

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Postby HercFeend » Wed Aug 19, 2009 7:47 am

Nice vid, I love those planes..... Great to see the RNZAF employing yet more ex-RAF Herc pilots out of Lyneham - keep going at this rate and there'll be none left in the UK biggrin.gif
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Postby bestpilotindaworld » Wed Aug 19, 2009 7:59 am

nice
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Postby redkiwi » Wed Aug 19, 2009 12:57 pm

Reported by Michael J Fox!!! I did 17hrs to the US in the back of a herk, was actually quite fun, but also very boring at times. Got to go jump seat on the way into Fiji though which was pretty cool!
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Postby Chairman » Wed Aug 19, 2009 1:00 pm

Didn't look like it would be the most comfortable way to spend 17 hours. Although no problems with legroom laugh.gif How noisy are they ? Sounded pretty bad but that was with the ramp open.

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Postby spongebob206 » Wed Aug 19, 2009 3:39 pm

Awesome

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Postby shotgun » Wed Aug 19, 2009 6:16 pm

Thanks for the link. thumbup1.gif
Helicopters can't actually fly. Their just so ugly that the world repels them. :)
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Postby 2fst4u » Wed Aug 19, 2009 8:40 pm

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QUOTE (Chairman @ Aug 19 2009, 01:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Didn't look like it would be the most comfortable way to spend 17 hours. Although no problems with legroom laugh.gif How noisy are they ? Sounded pretty bad but that was with the ramp open.

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ha. they're noisy. i was supposed to be hitching a ride from woodbourne-wellington in a 757 but that was a no show (ended up getting interislander :-/ ) people who were hitching to whenuapai (cadets, not actual service members) got a ride in a herc instead. i was there when they handed out the [compulsary] earplugs
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