Workhorse - RAAF C-130s
by Bill 'K9' Kourelakos
Latest episode
Workhorse - E70 - 33 Flight in 37 Squadron with Dave Holbourn
Workhorse - E70 - 33 Flight in 37 Squadron with Dave Holbourn
About this podcast
"Workhorse" is a podcast about Royal Australian Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft and the people that flew, maintained and supported them. The podcast series draws much of its information from the book “Air Mobility Workhorse”, which is 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.
The podcast is usually published around the first of every month, usually on a Friday. The odd one might get missed due to lack of an interviewee.
Contact me if you have a story to tell about C-130s!!! ( [email protected] ) or find me on Facebook.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 70 episodes
- Workhorse - E70 - 33 Flight in 37 Squadron with Dave Holbourn · 1 h 17 min · Season 1 Episode 70In 1979 the Royal Australian Air Force acquired two Boeing 707s and began operating them as part of 33 Flight in 37 Squadron. 37 Squadron's David Holbourn was the RAAF's first…
- Workhorse - E69 - Double Asymmetric with Brett Gibson · 1 h 29 min · Season 1 Episode 69Having one engine out was experienced by many a C-130 crew, probably multiple times in their careers. But having two out was rare. Even rarer was having two out on the same side…
- Workhorse - E68 - The Air Lift Fleet with John Oddie · 1 h 58 min · Episode 68With the Royal Australian Air Force buying 20 new C-130Js, divesting C-27Js, and in need of more heavy lift aircraft, force structure of the RAAF's Air Mobility Group is topical…
- Workhorse - E67 - Overloaded with Allan Edwards · 53 min · Episode 67The Royal Australian Air Force has never crashed a C-130, but there have been a few close calls. One of the most remarkable close calls came three days after Cyclone Tracy…
- Workhorse - E66 - Broken Nose Gear Landing with Chris Sinfield · 1 h 29 min · Episode 66Chris Sinfield was the flight engineer on a Royal Australian Air Force C-130H during a 285 Squadron training flight mission during which the crew discovered they had a broken…
- Workhorse - E65 - 4 Engine Change with Matt Nunn · 1 h 33 min · Episode 65In early 2007, Royal Australian Air Force C-130Hs A97-003 and A97-010 were operating as Krait 61 - a formation flight conducting special operations support training during…
- Workhorse - E64 - Media with Eamon Hamilton · 1 h 16 min · Episode 64Anyone who has read about air mobility in the Royal Australian Air Force News over the past 20 years has probably been reading the work of Eamon Hamilton. He served as the Public…
- Workhorse - E63 - Airfield Engineering with Gilbert Gonthier · 56 min · Season 1 Episode 63C-130s are capable of landing very rudimentary runways, including grass, coral, sand, dirt, etc. Yet, they can't land on all types of surfaces because some are too soft to…
- Workhorse - E62 - Cope Thunder with Greg Scholes · 53 min · Episode 62Exercise Cope Thunder was run in the Philippines, providing combat air mobility training for anyone lucky enough to participate. Greg Scholes was a pilot with 36 Squadron and…
- Workhorse - E61 - Detachment S with Ian Scott · 1 h 14 min · Episode 61Detachment 'S' was a loosely formed task force that conducted air transport operations in Vietnam during, circa April 1975. It was primarily a humanitarian assistance mission…
- Workhorse - E60 - Safety Systems with Dave Turner · 1 h 14 min · Episode 60Air Force safety systems evolved through the 1990s-present day. This journey included major shifts in policy that led the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) to the current…
- Workhorse - E59 - Repatriation from Nias with Scott Olsen · 1 h 15 min · Episode 59Shark 02 crashed on the island of Nias in 2005, resulting in 9 fatalities. Scott Olsen was a C-130H and J loadmaster, and in this episode, he recounts the repatriation mission…
- Workhorse - E58 - Nicknames with Hally and Kramer · 2 h 28 min · Episode 58Nicknames are rife in Australian culture; particularly in the Royal Australian Air Force. This episode of Workhorse dives into nicknames used by the RAAF C-130 community…
- Workhorse - E57 - 2-Engine Failure with Michael Garside · 1 h 16 min · Episode 57Royal Australian Air Force C-130s participated in courses run by the US Advanced Airlift Tactical Training Center (AATTC) to hone their skills in combat environments. The course…
- Workhorse - E56 - Flight Instructing with Ash Pendergast · 1 h 10 min · Season 1 Episode 56Ash Pendergast had a long association with the Royal Australian Air Force's 36 Squadron where he was a Qualified Flying Instructor (QFI); took part in original NVG trials; and…
- Workhorse - E55 - Engine Fire with Ben Charters · 1 h 31 min · Episode 55In mid-March 1997, the yacht Queen Charlotte was being skippered from New Zealand to Japan by Australian Bob Cornell, with four passengers. On 19 March, the yacht was located…
- Workhorse - E54 - Flight Engineers with Tony Hall · 1 h 40 min · Episode 54This episode features a wide-ranging discussion of the flight engineer category and its place on the C-130 Hercules. Tony Hall also covers his operational C-130 experience, along…
- Workhorse - E53 - Innovation with Gav Nicholson · 1 h 18 min · Episode 53Gav Nicholson recounts his involvement with systems integration on RAAF C-130Hs during the late 1990s to the late 2000s, including electronic warfare self-protection, the FMS-800…
- Workhorse - E52 - Formation Lead with Andrew Elliott · 1 h 25 min · Episode 52Royal Australian Air Force C-130s airdrop parachutists and equipment to force project Australian military capabilities. C-130s flew in formation as a tactic to concentrate Army…
- Workhorse - E51 - Somalia and PNG with Graham Johnson · 2 h 17 min · Episode 51Graham 'Johno' 'Johno1' 'Kramer' Johnson flew C-130Hs on a variety of operations from 1989 to 1999, including Operations Solace (Somalia 1993), Immune (Pilot Strike 1989) and…
