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PAGE 1: THE NEW HERCULES C-130H-30 | ||
Dutch Aviation MEDIA 2010 |
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For some time the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) felt the urge to expand its transport capacity. | ||
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Since several years international missions far away quite heavily taxed the two C-130H-30 Hercules transport planes. | ||
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Two ex U.S. Navy planes in considerably good condition were found in the huge storage area in Arizona. | ||
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After a complete transformation at Marshall Aerospace the G-988 was formally transferred to R / MT & E team Air Force | ||
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These air to air pictures were made by Eric Vorstenbosch | ||
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The operational test and evaluation team of the 336 squadron was tasked for the total job. |
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This squadron consists of three pilots, three flight engineers and two load masters, headed by Captain Mark Brouwer. | ||
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Mark likes to explain to our magazine what is involved in such a process, to be read in our article (scroll down) | ||
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After a long procedure this Hercules got it's welcome crermony on march 2nd, 2010 at Eindhoven AFB | ||
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Secretary of State jack de Vries and Lt.General Jac Jansen speached ... | ||
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... and Secr. de Vries handed over the manual formal to Lt.Gen. Jansen | ||
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Music Maestro !! | ||
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Senior Chief of Staff Airforce Jansen was explained all about the plane in the cockpit... | ||
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... and Captain Mark Brouwer told us about the procedures to get such a plane airborne in The Netherlands | ||
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For our readers: A view in the cockpit... | ||
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... and inside the fuselage of this new workhorse for the RNLAF ! | ||
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