Hercules logs 45,000 hours

Military | 206707 hits | Jan 02 9:30 pm | Posted by: Hyack

With a rumble of tires on tarmac, Hercules number 130308 - Herc 308 to friends - rolls steadily to a stop at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, no surprise with this veteran aircraft. On this trip, Herc 308 became the grand-daddy of the Canadian Forces' tact

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by uwish
Sun Jan 04, 2009 8:22 pm
308! man, I thought that bird was going to get mothballed when I flew it 10 years ago!
by SigPig
Sun Jan 04, 2009 8:26 pm
"uwish" said
308! man, I thought that bird was going to get mothballed when I flew it 10 years ago!

Thats why countries from all over come to us to learn the best ways to maintain high hour Hercs.
by Anonymous
Sun Jan 04, 2009 9:13 pm
Hercs rock! I want to fly one some day or at least be at the controls for a bit.
They needed a mile of strip and then some where I was at just to land.I think it's First air that has the only 2 commercial herc's in Canada.
by Anonymous
Sun Jan 04, 2009 9:17 pm
Heres a Herc landing at a camp a few miles from us.Anything that didnt come on the barge in the summer came on a herc.
by Anonymous
Sun Jan 04, 2009 9:25 pm
The ice on the lake he is landing on is over 8 feet thick here and this is late may.You can hear the sik sik peeping in the background.

The lake itself is probably 170 feet deep.

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