• Aircraft:

  Lockheed Hercules C.1

• Reg: XV303 photos
• Serial #:

  382-4271

• Airline: United Kingdom - Royal Air Force (RAF)
• Photo Date: Sep 22, 2013
• Uploaded: Jan 31, 2015
• Brize Norton Airport - EGVN, United Kingdom

216 Sqn hosted an Enthusiasts’ Day at RAF Brize Norton to mark the retirement of three aircraft types from service: the Tristar, the VC10 and the C-130K Hercules. This example of the latter type on display was a C.3, the stretched version, of 24 Sqn. The RAF had the world’s largest fleet of the analogue C-130K, introducing them to service at Fairford in the spring of 1967; this aircraft was 48 years old on the date of its retirement.

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Aircraft

jeremy denton XV303

1,839 0 0 Lockheed Hercules C.1

Taken during an enthusiasts' event kindly organised by the OC of 216 Sqn

Colin Hollywood XV303

4,460 0 0 Lockheed Hercules C.1

Every picture tells a story, and the story here, according to the stencil markings, is ‘Urinal Use Only – No Slops’

Michael Brazier XV303

2,738 0 0 Lockheed Hercules C.1

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4,086 5 0 Airbus A330-243(MRTT) Voyager KC.3

Photographer

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Michael Brazier G-JMAW

1,463 1 0 Beechcraft B200GT Super King Air

One of Martin Baker’s King Air 250s is seen here at its base at Chalgrove

Michael Brazier G-BGRE

861 0 0 Beechcraft 200 Super King Air

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