The first plane I ever flew in as an air cadet at RAF ABINGDON……it started a long journey of aviation for me.
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Thank you thank you so much for this video it's wonderful the WJ377 landed in my city Bogotá Colombia en 1949 in "Techo aeropuerto today it don't exist but is a wonderful history thank you so much for you vide.
I was in the a t c 1972 is there was one left in working order just it was an old girl then it was in the air cadet news some one must have had an air experience flight in her it must had been another air cadet unit bless em I lost out (on that one) rest in peace old Handley page 😂❤😊
I spent many hours working on the V bomber NBS radar fitted in this Hastings for the purpose of training Radar Navs when it was at Lindholme.The complete NBS gear still seems to be fitted.
Flew from RAF Fayid in the Canal Zone in Feb 1954 to RAF Lyneham, Wilts. 13 hrs in total ( Plus the obligatory overnight stay in Malta). Rearward facing seats were mandatory in RAF passenger A/C. Mx altitude about 9,000ft, too noisy to hold normal conversation. Very exciting for an 18 yearold Nat Serviceman who had scarcely had a train ride out of Cornwall let alone fly in an aeroplane (lol)
The dayglo fish on the cockpit side were to signify it had completed a "kipper run" to RAF Machrihanish when it was part of 230 OCU at Scampton known locally as 1066 flight for obvious reasons. They used to bring back 20-30 stone of kippers at a time filling orders from station personnel. Aircraft & crewroom used to stink for a week at least after.
Does anyone remember the Hastings that stood outside Carlisle Airport way back in the 60's? Me and my friends used to cycle to the airport and secretly climb inside and pretend we were pilots. Also, does anyone remember a Hastings pilot called Flt Lt Yates who was an instructor at 1862 City of Carlisle ATC when they were in the Gallipoli Block at Carlisle Castle?
My Grandfather jumped out of one of these in 1963 when he was in Territorial Army he was in 131 Parachute Engineer Regiment 131 LAD REME he said they were a noisy plane he either did jump at RAF Abingdon or in Cyprus.
Went to Newark museum yesterday...bit disappointing, u can't get near the aircraft anymore. All have steps but roped off. Compared to the states where u can even get in some of the flying ones I'm afraid with airshows as well as museums over here they are becoming a bit bland and boring. Nice vid and nice to see inside her.
Heheh. Snap! I flew in one of these back in *my* ATC days, but from Harewood (now Christchurch Airport) to RNZAF Woodbourne, at the top end of the South Island. Ten days later, we flew back. It was January 1964 and teams of five had been selected from all the ATC squadrons in New Zealand to attend the inaugural ATC Annual Camp at Dip Flat ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNZAF_Dip_Flat ). The South Island teams boarded the Hastings at Harewood and we took off, straight into bad weather. We clattered and banged our way up the coast at about 3,000 feet, with thick cloud above us and the Coastal Kaikoura Range hiding in the cloud. We were all issued with sick bags and some of the guys used theirs. I didn't, but it was touch-and-go and we were all very happy to land at Woodbourne. The return trip, ten days later, was better, but thick cloud over Harewood meant a missed approach on the first landing attempt and then landing. Fun times and I still have my ATC log book and the photos that I took at Dip Flat.
@@ianstewartaviation2634 Our team leader was Keith Skilling, who went on to greater things. Personal question: What is the cockpit view in your TH-cam home page?
@@MarsFKA the cockpit picture is Avro Lancaster Just Jane which belongs to the Lincolnshire aviation heritage center in which I had the pleasure of a taxi ride back in 2016
The RAF's worst peacetime fixed wing air crash near Toot Baldon in Oxfordshire on the 6th July 1965 was in one of these , it's not a widely know disaster, took off from the then RAF Abingdon, to read more just Google Toot Baldon air crash, its on Wikipedia.
Good question and can honestly say I'm not sure why but as the aircraft was developed in the 40's most military aircraft around at that time were taildraggers like the Lancaster York Dakota to name a few
@@gaz11h yeah but its contemporaries were all tricycle landing gear. DC-4, Constellation, Stratoliner. A curious design choice. Did they later convert them like the Shackleton?
I believe that the RAF scrapped all the Hastings aircraft overnight due to a lethal fault in the tail-end controls somewhere. Sone were scrapped where they stood and never made it back to the UK. And lets remember that while Handley Page were proudly producing the Hastings. Lockheed were building the C130. No wonder then that so many British aircraft producers closed down.
Hastings was produced from 1947-52. Hercules first flight was two years later. The Hastings had a pretty good record for safety and reliability and were eventually retired due to age and obsolecence in 1977.
The first plane I ever flew in as an air cadet at RAF ABINGDON……it started a long journey of aviation for me.
Thank you thank you so much for this video it's wonderful the WJ377 landed in my city Bogotá Colombia en 1949 in "Techo aeropuerto today it don't exist but is a wonderful history thank you so much for you vide.
Your welcome thank you for your interesting comment
I was in the a t c 1972 is there was one left in working order just it was an old girl then it was in the air cadet news some one must have had an air experience flight in her it must had been another air cadet unit bless em I lost out (on that one) rest in peace old Handley page 😂❤😊
my dad was an RAF pilot and flew TG517 many times, its great to have this plane to visit myself and take my kids to see it also
Wow so did my Dad would've been Flight Lieutenant W S Welsh
I had a trip in TG536 from Lindholme to Kinloss many years ago as an Air Cadet.
Me too Sandy, my ATC camps included flights in several Hastings, Varsity and Argosy types. RAF Lindholme and RAF Topcliffe . Great days.
I spent many hours working on the V bomber NBS radar fitted in this Hastings for the purpose of training Radar Navs when it was at Lindholme.The complete NBS gear still seems to be fitted.
Flew from RAF Fayid in the Canal Zone in Feb 1954 to RAF Lyneham, Wilts. 13 hrs in total ( Plus the obligatory overnight stay in Malta). Rearward facing seats were mandatory in RAF passenger A/C. Mx altitude about 9,000ft, too noisy to hold normal conversation. Very exciting for an 18 yearold Nat Serviceman who had scarcely had a train ride out of Cornwall let alone fly in an aeroplane (lol)
The other Belfast you mentioned is at Cairns Airport . I saw it flying out of Brisbane on several occasions . great looking aeroplane !!
The dayglo fish on the cockpit side were to signify it had completed a "kipper run" to RAF Machrihanish when it was part of 230 OCU at Scampton known locally as 1066 flight for obvious reasons. They used to bring back 20-30 stone of kippers at a time filling orders from station personnel. Aircraft & crewroom used to stink for a week at least after.
Does anyone remember the Hastings that stood outside Carlisle Airport way back in the 60's? Me and my friends used to cycle to the airport and secretly climb inside and pretend we were pilots. Also, does anyone remember a Hastings pilot called Flt Lt Yates who was an instructor at 1862 City of Carlisle ATC when they were in the Gallipoli Block at Carlisle Castle?
Nice one! 👍✈️
Thanks 🙂
My Grandfather jumped out of one of these in 1963 when he was in Territorial Army he was in 131 Parachute Engineer Regiment 131 LAD REME he said they were a noisy plane he either did jump at RAF Abingdon or in Cyprus.
I remember the prototype, TE580, finishing up on the fire-training dump at Stansted.
Went to Newark museum yesterday...bit disappointing, u can't get near the aircraft anymore. All have steps but roped off.
Compared to the states where u can even get in some of the flying ones I'm afraid with airshows as well as museums over here they are becoming a bit bland and boring.
Nice vid and nice to see inside her.
Served in the RAF at Lynham servincing
hastings 1951 -53
first plane i parachuted from 1966
I flew in one of these from RAF Watton back in my ATC days
Heheh. Snap! I flew in one of these back in *my* ATC days, but from Harewood (now Christchurch Airport) to RNZAF Woodbourne, at the top end of the South Island. Ten days later, we flew back.
It was January 1964 and teams of five had been selected from all the ATC squadrons in New Zealand to attend the inaugural ATC Annual Camp at Dip Flat ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNZAF_Dip_Flat ). The South Island teams boarded the Hastings at Harewood and we took off, straight into bad weather. We clattered and banged our way up the coast at about 3,000 feet, with thick cloud above us and the Coastal Kaikoura Range hiding in the cloud. We were all issued with sick bags and some of the guys used theirs. I didn't, but it was touch-and-go and we were all very happy to land at Woodbourne.
The return trip, ten days later, was better, but thick cloud over Harewood meant a missed approach on the first landing attempt and then landing.
Fun times and I still have my ATC log book and the photos that I took at Dip Flat.
@@MarsFKA wow cool fun memories 👍
@@ianstewartaviation2634 Our team leader was Keith Skilling, who went on to greater things.
Personal question: What is the cockpit view in your TH-cam home page?
@@MarsFKA the cockpit picture is Avro Lancaster Just Jane which belongs to the Lincolnshire aviation heritage center in which I had the pleasure of a taxi ride back in 2016
@@ianstewartaviation2634 Excellent! I understand the big project now is to get Just Jane up to flight standard.
The RAF's worst peacetime fixed wing air crash near Toot Baldon in Oxfordshire on the 6th July 1965 was in one of these , it's not a widely know disaster, took off from the then RAF Abingdon, to read more just Google Toot Baldon air crash, its on Wikipedia.
Why did they make ist as a taildragger ?
Good question and can honestly say I'm not sure why but as the aircraft was developed in the 40's most military aircraft around at that time were taildraggers like the Lancaster York Dakota to name a few
@@gaz11h yeah but its contemporaries were all tricycle landing gear. DC-4, Constellation, Stratoliner. A curious design choice. Did they later convert them like the Shackleton?
I believe that the RAF scrapped all the Hastings aircraft overnight due to a lethal fault in the tail-end controls somewhere. Sone were scrapped where they stood and never made it back to the UK. And lets remember that while Handley Page were proudly producing the Hastings. Lockheed were building the C130. No wonder then that so many British aircraft producers closed down.
Hastings was produced from 1947-52. Hercules first flight was two years later. The Hastings had a pretty good record for safety and reliability and were eventually retired due to age and obsolecence in 1977.