RAF Hercules

[Johno]

This is my first post on here but I thought you might be interested in what I get up to now and again!!


Comments appreciated if you are kind!

John

[SloNeZ600]

Nice shots

[chakras]

Nice shots in beautiful backdrops ... Now, how did you manage to get them ? BTW, welcome to the forum (coming from a new member like you :D:D). You will enjoy this forum. Well, I do :lol::lol:

[Johno]

Sat on the rear ramp of another Herc. All very cold and exciting. I HAD this aircraft for around 30 minutes and we took some very interesting shots!!


Used a 1D mkII & 24-70 2.8L with a shutter of around 1/60th

[Penance]

Is that the Severn bridge?

[Johno]

Certainly is!

[Penance]

Thought so :)

We see Hercs over our house and area quite a bit (North Bristol).
Along with the BAE spitfire, one day i'll get a good shot of it!

[Ballen Photo]

Hi Johno, Welcome to the forum. These are some mighty nice photos of that Hercules. You were sitting on the ramp of another? I'm thinking you probably had some sort of leash attached to you to keep from falling out? :shock:
-Bruce

[Johno]

Thank god YES. It is a dispatches harness, like a belt, with a web strap attached to a karabiner style hook which is then hooked onto a steel cable running the length of the aircraft. It takes time to get used to and believe in!!

[Ballen Photo]

It takes time to get used to and believe in!!
I'll BET! :shock: I'm impressed with the photos is affords though. ;) :D
-Bruce

[CyberDyneSystems]

Even better! Just wonderfull shots...... we're seeing these little dinky posts.. but I'm imagining these poster sized and WOW!

[GyRob]

very nice
Rob.

[myth337]

You did these with a 24-70?? are they cropped much??
If not.. he must have been close!! even though it is a big airplane...

[Johno]

close enough not to have to crop at all!

[myth337]

not bad!!!
.. Lee

[PhotosGuy]

Nice shots! BIGGER, please! ;)

[Curtis N]

The one with the bridge in the background would definitely be on my wall, plywood sheet size, if it were mine.:)

[felix21685]

yeah i wanna see it bigger..send a 11x14 to 28748274323 n street lol
awesome experience for sure..now show us a pic of ur harness :D

[Johno]

You'll have to wait a few weeks as I am not scheduled to fly with the team until then, but I'll put some up when I get back.


Heres the bridge slightly bigger

[Ballen Photo]

Heres the bridge slightly bigger
Bigger is DEFINITELY better! :D
-Bruce

[felix21685]

that is pretty neat..that must have been such a blast..and a thrill to site back there with the wind blowin and everything....
how come u got to do that ? are you military? govnmt?

[Johno]

Military.

[EOSAddict]

Welcome to the forum from another RAF type (although comapred to you my photog is strictly amateur!)

[Johno]

Thanks for your comments and indeed hours on a Herc trip can be mind numbing but I am able to sleep longer if I get on the rear ramp (CLOSED)!

The Herc is an ideal photo platform with bags of space and no perspex to shoot through - heaven. The 'J' is certainly a far better aircraft than our older K's if for nothing more than Air Con that works throughout the AC.

[Ballen Photo]

The Herc is an ideal photo platform with bags of space and no perspex to shoot through - heaven. I'll BET it is. ;)
-Bruce

[Carzee]

certainly a far better aircraft than our older K's


...yeah but the hosties and the cut lunches are the same.

[JuZ]

Fantastic shots I'd love the oppertunity to do that :)

[kerso]

Hi John, I wanted to thank you for your kind comments on the forum. Your pictures are awesome. I was at the Andrews Air Force base air show in Maryland several months ago. There were some excellent photo opportunities. I can send you a few images if interested? Best regards Ian.

This is my first post on here but I thought you might be interested in what I get up to now and again!!


Comments appreciated if you are kind!

John

[kerso]

John, a couple of photos from Andrews airbase.




This is my first post on here but I thought you might be interested in what I get up to now and again!!


Comments appreciated if you are kind!

John

[Johno]

Ian

Could not see the link / images?

Johno

[PLB]

Johno, fantastic shots. We get Hurkies all the time in Aki, along with VC-10s and Tri-Stars. Only flown in a Hurkie once, from southern Oman to northern Oman, it was a 0100 flight and bloy did we sweat it out in there. I don't think I have ever been hotter.

Regards

[quadphoto]

Johno these images are stunning, I see Hercules flying over every week do you ever fly over the Black Mountains in the Abergavenny area of south Wales, I would love to see some images taken over this area.
Regards Quadphoto

[kingsown]

CAN WE ALL HAVE A TRIP

[scott stokes]

awsome shots ,I would like to thank you and all the other men and women for there service in the military,thanks for sharing and God Bless.

[Merlin Driver]

Bigger is more better.... Well done.... Hang in/on there.

Cheers,

Lynn

[Desertraptor]

Is that a new J Model Herc?

I have spent a few bum numbing hours in hercs. Boring as bat ****. Stood on the back door and watched SAS jump from 500 ft crazy buch them buggers. :o

Ex RAAF Avionics Tech on P3C's. They were good days.
Also spent a few years in the Army flying around in Blackhawks, Kiowas, Nomads AKA Widow Makers, Pilatus Porters (Great plane)

Thanks for the excellent shots.

[Johno]

These are indeed the `J` model and hopefully will be getting a few more soon. I would love to be able to take people onboard but rules are rules I'm afraid.

Have attached a shot from a recent trip all from the ramp of the Herc.

Comments, as always appreciated.

Johno

[drewmk2]

That's awesome... talk about stopping motion! Those should go in sports! Very nice. How often do you see a shot like that?

[neil_r]

Awsome, we used to leave by the side door.

N

[Balliolman]

Hey, Johno, great stuff and welcome! Keep posting, Brylcream!

[GS Rider]

Great pics of a great plane John, hope to see more of your pics soon...!

[EOSAddict]

Talk about bringing a thread back from the dead ;)

[GS Rider]

Good pics are timeless...:)

[BIGTUFFGUY]

great photos, thanks for sharing

[lostprophet]

WOW !!!
makes me want to throw all my gear away and start a new hobby:lol:

[StevenRaith]

Very nice :cool:

Used to get Tornados and Hercs over Caithness a lot - doing training sortees from Lossiemouth.

The tornados were meant to keep above 500ft or something, but I'll swear some of them used to rattle overhead way lower than that....when we were out shooting on the moors they would spot us from a mile away, loop round and buzz us at a couple of hundred feet before heading out over the water :cool:

I remember one where we were at the coast, he came back round, flew straight overhead as he was slipping the wings back, and floored it and he must have gone supersonic not long after as he disappeared bloody quick :)

Must go back up there sometime and hang around Lossiemouth on the way - bound to be some good stuff there.

[EOSAddict]

Steven,

To be honest I doubt they saw you, but its fun nevertheless. Lossie is a pretty busy place, lots in and out. And the approach is right over the beach.