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 - E32 - Maintenance 1975-1997 with David Richardson
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Bill 'K9' Kourelakos
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Episode 32
Dave 'Richo' Richardson discusses a broad range of maintenance topics spanning the 1975-1997 era, including:
- Corrosion and Fatigue
- Boron fibre repairs
- C-130E wing repairs
- C-130E outer wing swap
- C-130H wing design
- Paint schemes
- Electronic warfare modifications
- Maintenance reorganisation
- Engine sulphidation
- Operating cost reductions (removing wing tanks from C-130Hs, lower TIT settings)
- The 'rank tank'
- Litton INS installations
- 24-ship formation
- NZ deep maintenance and the infamous flameouts