Workhorse - RAAF C-130s - E8 - Pilot Training - with Greg Evans

09/28/23 • 55 min

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.

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.

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Workhorse - RAAF C-130s - E7 - Konfrontasi, with Bob Wheeler

In 1962 the British Cobbold Commission recommended the amalgamation of Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo, Sarawak, and Brunei to form Malaysia. Indonesia opposed this initiative by arming insurgents in Borneo and by conducting combat operations along its border with Malaysian Borneo. This conflict was dubbed the Borneo Revolt and was also commonly known as Konfrontasi.
RAAF C-130s were involved in the very first missions into Borneo and supported the operation for years. Bob Wheeler was a C-130A loadmaster in that era and flew several missions in support of Konfrontasi. He details some of the incidents from that operation, the impact of Konfrontasi on C-130 flights to Butterworth, and the conditions C-130A crews experienced both in training and on task.

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Workhorse - RAAF C-130s - E9 - Airborne Ops in the 1960s, with John Samulski

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.