An Unusual Visitor to Hervey Bay
If you live on the flight path for the airport you might have wondered what the very loud propellor driven plane was that passed overhead three times yesterday morning.
For those of us who have been around them before the sound was unmistakable; Hervey Bay was being visited by an RAAF Hercules. It came round three times with two touch and goes and finally landing on the third occasion.
Here it is banking over Kawungan for it’s third approach. This particular Hercules is from No 36 Squadron based at Richmond in New South Wales.
February 18th, 2006 at 1:07 pm
Hey thats a good photo!
February 18th, 2006 at 1:52 pm
G’day Ben
Thanks for the compliment. The first time he came over it was right over our roof and I couldn’t believe my ears and I was kicking myself for not being somewhere I could get a photo.
The second time he came over I realised that he must have done a touch and go the first time and on the second occasion, when I didn’t hear the tell-tale sound of him pulling up on the runway, I knew he was going to come round a third time so I was ready for him.