• Aircraft:

  Lockheed Martin Hercules C.4

• Reg: ZH871 photos
• Serial #:

  382-5446

• Airline: United Kingdom - Royal Air Force (RAF)
• Photo Date: Apr 21, 2015
• Uploaded: May 04, 2015
• Other Location - Machynlleth Loop area - LFA7, United Kingdom

This C-130 appears to be one of five damaged by a hailstorm at Kandahar air base in April 2014. They were patched up and fitted with replacement ailerons from old C-130Ks for ferrying back to Marshalls in the UK for further repair under an effort dubbed Operation Weatherman. Each Herc was found to have about 2000 hail strikes and some 850 panels were replaced in all. This aircraft shows numerous patch repairs to its upper surface as it passes through the Bwlch Oerddrws at low level. (200th sec exposure)

Photographer

Aircraft

Charles Cunliffe ZH871

1,260 2 0 Lockheed Martin Hercules C.4

3rd in the 3 ship of Hercules on their 7 hour farewell tour of Britain

Mark Williamson ZH871

1,122 5 0 Lockheed Martin Hercules C.4

Ethan Hew ZH871

925 0 0 Lockheed Martin Hercules C.4

Photo location

A US Air Force 67th Special Operations Squadron MC-130J Hercules making its first pass through Cad, giving us a nice topside shot

Martin Hartland 13-5778

13,544 7 0 Lockheed Martin MC-130J Commando II

Martin Hartland 11-0061

4,385 6 0 Bell Boeing CV-22B Osprey

A twin-stick Typhoon from 29 Sqn, flown solo, pulls through the Bwlch Oerddrws in the Mach Loop at low level paired with single-seater ZJ933 (out of shot), seen from Craig y Bwlch

Michael Brazier ZJ812

2,754 0 0 Eurofighter Typhoon T.1

Photographer

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

Michael Brazier G-JMAW

1,347 0 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

811 0 0 Beechcraft 200 Super King Air

Martin Baker’s Meteors WL419 and WA638 have been operated by the company for ejection seat trials since 1952

Michael Brazier WL419

1,331 1 0 Gloster Meteor T.7