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Post by kiwiruna on Jun 15, 2023 16:27:51 GMT 12
Hi all
An article from The War Zone I note that the fleet will be offered for sale sometime between now and 2025, I wonder if it would be worthwhile for the RNZAF to consider purchasing a couple of airframes to add to the new builds on order.
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Post by joey05 on Jun 15, 2023 17:09:55 GMT 12
I believe this was looked at but the RAF C130J airframes were in a worse state than our much more "senior" C130H. Best option would be to get one at a basement price for use in Woodbourne as an airframe instruction aircraft! Not sure even the spare parts would be much use!
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Post by obiwan27 on Jun 16, 2023 11:55:22 GMT 12
I wonder if it might be an opportunity for the RNZAF to try to recruit experienced C130 operators for the C130J from the RAF in both aircrew and ground crew ranks??
I saw this YT interview the other day and the guy was pretty gutted, but sounds like he has valuable experience. An opportunity if we needed to take it.
Link to YT video of interview. :
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 16, 2023 15:07:51 GMT 12
That is a clever thought there Ken about recruiting some of those no longer on Hercs there.
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