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Post by 30sqnatc on Sept 25, 2024 17:06:23 GMT 12
Travis, nice base. Spent some time there when we were doing the B25 and PV.1......what's the collective noun for a group of Hercs? A good military term, a fight of Heres. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 25, 2024 21:40:41 GMT 12
....what's the collective noun for a group of Hercs? A smoke-trail of Hercs. |
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Post by campbellbox on Sept 25, 2024 23:50:14 GMT 12
A Labour of Hercs
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 26, 2024 12:05:46 GMT 12
KIW926 (NZ7012) is just approaching Hawaii. The other is not showing on Flight Radar.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 26, 2024 12:06:40 GMT 12
NZ7013 is just behind it but it is showing as N/A on Flight Radar 24.
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Post by Mustang51 on Sept 27, 2024 1:31:37 GMT 12
Campbellbox......I like that !
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Post by hardyakka on Sept 27, 2024 15:27:10 GMT 12
Don't say "Labour" on any RNZAF forums. Nightmare memories of Aunty Helen and the F16s will be reanimated..  |
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Post by Antonio on Sept 27, 2024 16:38:44 GMT 12
Don't say "Labour" on any RNZAF forums. Nightmare memories of Aunty Helen and the F16s will be reanimated..  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 27, 2024 17:01:53 GMT 12
Are the two Super Hercs still in Hawaii?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 28, 2024 9:13:58 GMT 12
The Hercs have departed Hawaii and are on their way south.
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Post by ErrolC on Sept 28, 2024 9:37:36 GMT 12
The Hercs have departed Hawaii and are on their way south. Track looks to be Samoa again. |
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Post by ErrolC on Sept 28, 2024 16:18:52 GMT 12
On approach to Apia.
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Post by ajmcg on Sept 29, 2024 9:52:07 GMT 12
NZ7012 left Apia 10 minutes ago I guess homeward bound. NZ7013 still hasn't left yet though.
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Post by hardyakka on Sept 29, 2024 9:58:54 GMT 12
NZ7012 left Apia 10 minutes ago I guess homeward bound. NZ7013 still hasn't left yet though. Maybe they are in formation with only one transponder switched on...? Or can you still see 13 on the ground? Do we do welcoming formations any more? The RNZAF Facebook post says the Hercs will be doing a little PR tour from Kaitaia to Whenuapai. North Shore Aero Club are the sort of enthusiasts that could do a bit of a flying welcome, perhaps? Just don't get in the way |
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Post by ajmcg on Sept 29, 2024 11:20:46 GMT 12
Both are on their way with 7013 chasing 7012 at 50 knots faster trying to catch up?
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Post by machina on Sept 29, 2024 11:33:35 GMT 12
Is there an ETA at Whenuapai?
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Post by ErrolC on Sept 29, 2024 11:46:53 GMT 12
Is there an ETA at Whenuapai? Kaitaia 3.40pm Whenuapai 4.45pm |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 29, 2024 11:52:08 GMT 12
I was just thinking, when the C-130H Hercs first arrived in New Zealand from the factory, the first the public would have known was after their arrival in the newspaper the next day. Or perhaps there was a short item on the radio or TV news that evening, though unlikely as the news was only a very brief programme in the 1960s. Nowadays we can track them in real time from the factory all the way to touchdown. Modern technology is pretty neat.
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Post by machina on Sept 29, 2024 12:18:01 GMT 12
Is there an ETA at Whenuapai? Kaitaia 3.40pm Whenuapai 4.45pm Thanks Errol. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 29, 2024 14:22:50 GMT 12
NZ7012 is about 15 minutes out from Kaitaia now.
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