bobdaley Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 Sudan doesn\'t seem to be a popular tourist destination these days, but, I was sent this picture of 4 Sudan AF Herks parked at Khartoum in Mar 2007. It mentioned 1102, 1103, 1104, and maybe 1105 I looked at Google Earth and the picture looks the same 15 36 04.07N 32 32 42.80E This contradicts Lars\' book in which he has 5 Sudanese Herk losses out of 6 bought. May 11 1987 Feb 08 1990 Jul 25 1992 Feb 26 1996 Jun 03 1999 Can anyone straighten this out? Thanks Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted November 15, 2008 Author Share Posted November 15, 2008 pic [img size=800]http://www.herkybirds.com/images/fbfiles/images/khartoum.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaherk Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Hi Bob, Will try to find out what the story is. Got an A/C (UN Herc) in El Obeid, some off our guys are in Khartoum. Zaherk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted November 21, 2008 Author Share Posted November 21, 2008 Thanks Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donwon Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Is that a scrapyard along the top left of the ramp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC10FE Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 donwon, Yep, it\'s most likely a scrapyard. The majority of the ramps at African airports have aviation junkyards there. Check out on Google Earth these coordinates. 8 51 11.02S 13 13 41.72E That\'s the international airport in Luanda, the capitol of Angola. And, yes, just south of runway 07 is a derelict C-130A. Don R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaherk Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Hi Bob My connection did talk to an ex Flight Engineer from the Sudan Air frorce and according to him the Hercs are totally U/S some of them without engines. The last time he was operating in an Herc was in 1991. He was trained in America and got 10 000Hrs on Herc\'s, AN12 and the AN26. He is now working for the UN. Will try and get more info, that\'s all I could get for now. Zaherk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 Sad to see them rot like that. If you could find out which 4 are at Khartoum and anything about the 2 losses it would be great. Thanks Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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