Workhorse - RAAF C-130s
"Workhorse" is a podcast about Royal Australian Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft from their earliest history through to modern times. The series is based on the soon to be released book “Air Mobility Workhorse”, which will be available from Big Sky Publishing.
Topics include:
- Operations from around the globe, including all four corners of the planet, from 1959 to now
- Aircraft technical discussions
- Training
- Roles (Search and Rescue, Air Logistics, Airborne Operations, Special Operations, Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief, Surveillance, Non-combatant Evacuation, Aeromedical Evacuation and Firefighting)
- Maintenance and modifications
- Logistics
- And, of course, the people that made it all possible.
Workhorse - RAAF C-130s
Workhorse - RAAF C-130s - E10 - Air Movements and the BP System
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Bill 'K9' Kourelakos
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Episode 10
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This episode looks at the ground trades that loaded C-130s and some of the early equipment used to load C-130s. Covered in this episode:
Air Movements
Air Dispatchers
The Brooks Perkins system
The 463L pallet
The Truck Aircraft Loading Unloading vehicle (TALU)
Energy Dissipating Material (EDM)