Workhorse - RAAF C-130s

This episode features retired Air Vice Marshal Greg Evans - a pilot who flew C-130s, commanded 37 Squadron and Air Lift Group.
He discusses pilot training at length, including:

• The RAAF Categorization scheme,
• A comparison of RAAF training techniques with USAF training (he was on exchange with the USAF),
• Simulators; and
• Training in the C-130A during the 1960s.

The episode also features an account of upside down spinning in a C-130.

John 'Sam' Samulski joins us today to discuss the history of airborne operations and the early days of airborne operations training in the Australian Defence Force. Included is an in-depth discussion of the various types of equipment airdrop and a look at the first drops conducted by C-130s in Australia.

This episode features Bob 'Shorty' Heffernan talking about two C-130A Legends:
Dave Hitchins, Commanding Officer 36SQN for four years, and - 'Shorty' himself! Shorty was a loadmaster and was key to the development of several airdrop innovations on C-130As.
The discussion covers hay drops, Vietnam, AMEs, repatriation tasks, and airdrop.

This episode looks at the situation in the mid-1960s by examining the circumstances that took Australia to Vietnam and the decision to acquire the C-130E.

This Episode features guest Ian Frame. He covers RAAF C-130 operations in South East Asia from 1971 - 1975 (mostly Apr 1975). The operations discussed include:

• Weapons delivery to Cambodia in 1971
• Non-combatant Evacuation Operations at Phan Rang
• Operation Babylift
• HADR flights to An Thoi
• Evacuation of the Australian Embassy in Saigon
• HADR flights to Laos