{"id":918,"date":"2016-07-14T23:53:36","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T23:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/?p=918"},"modified":"2016-07-15T01:31:31","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T01:31:31","slug":"thor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/2016\/07\/thor\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 107 &#8211; WOA &#8211; THOR"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_427\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-918-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_107_Thor.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_107_Thor.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_107_Thor.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_107_Thor.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/?powerpress_pinw=918-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_107_Thor.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"WONZ_Ep_107_Thor.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/wings-over-new-zealand-show\/id606143097?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fcambridgeairforce.org.nz%2FWONZShow%2F%3Fp%3D918\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guests:\u00a0<\/strong>Tim Martin and Rickey Rau<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hosts:<\/strong>\u00a0Dave Homewood and\u00a0James Kightly<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recorded:\u00a0<\/strong>19th of November 2015<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duration:<\/strong>\u00a031 minutes \u00a016 seconds<\/p>\n<p>In this Wings Over Australia episode of the WONZ Show Dave Homewood and James Kightly chat\u00a0with pilots Tim Martin and Rickey Rau, the pilots who fly Coulson Aviation\u2019s\u00a0amazing civil Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules \u2018Thor\u2019, N405LC. This Hercules is fitted with a state of the art fire retardant dropping system for attacking and extinguishing forest, bush and grass fires.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Thor\u2019 and other North American-based Coulson Group aircraft, including another C-130, N130FF and actually named \u2018Hercules\u2019, have recently become familiar sights in Australian skies during the summer seasons as they are regularly contracted to spend the hot, dry months\u00a0in Australia to fight the devastating bush fires as some of the biggest \u2018Large Air Tanker\u2019 (LAT) fire fighting aircraft down under.<\/p>\n<p>Dave and James were invited aboard by Tim and Rickey at Albury Airport in New South Wales and they agreed to an impromptu cockpit interview for the WOA \/ WONZ Show, which turned out to be really fascinating indeed. If you\u2019ve ever wondered what it\u2019s like to fly \u2018LAT aerial attack\u2019 on a bush- or wildfire in North America or Australia, here\u2019s an insight. We find out what some of the challenges are flying in hot, flat Australia against the more mountainous territory \u2018up over\u2019, among many other fascinating aspects of a very different flying job.<\/p>\n<p>(By the way, it was 40\u00b0 Celsius outside so without the aircraft\u2019s air conditioning running, then it had to be close to 50\u00b0 Celsius in that cockpit!)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quick Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 <\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coulsongroup.com\/coulson-aviation\/corporate-profile.php\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Coulson\u00a0Group<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 <\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coulsonaviationusa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Coulson Aviation USA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 <\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Coulson-Aviation-C-130-Firefighting-1454691434840624\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Coulson Aviation C-130 Firefighting Facebook Page<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310382.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-926\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310382-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"P1310382\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310382-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310382-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310382-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310382-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310382-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&#8216;Thor&#8217;s pilots, Rickey Rau on the left, and Tim Martin [Photo: Dave Homewood]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1096.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-938\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1096-1024x443.jpg\" alt=\"JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1096\" width=\"640\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1096-1024x443.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1096-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1096-768x332.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1096-150x65.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1096-400x173.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1096.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With a Fireboss on floats behind, the size of the tanker \u2018Thor\u2019 is evident. [J Kightly]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310378.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-923\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310378-836x1024.jpg\" alt=\"P1310378\" width=\"640\" height=\"784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310378-836x1024.jpg 836w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310378-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310378-768x941.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310378-122x150.jpg 122w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310378-400x490.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The state of the art tank system\u00a0[Photo: Dave Homewood]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1090.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-936\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1090-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1090\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1090-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1090-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1090-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1090-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1090-400x265.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1090.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The tank system in \u2018Thor\u2019. [J Kightly]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310380.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-925\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310380-1024x551.jpg\" alt=\"P1310380\" width=\"640\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310380-1024x551.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310380-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310380-768x413.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310380-150x81.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310380-400x215.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cockpit of Thor, which was also our &#8220;studio&#8221; for this interview\u00a0[Photo: Dave Homewood]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1092.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-937\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1092-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1092\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1092-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1092-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1092-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1092-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1092-400x265.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1092.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cockpit of the Hercules \u2018Thor\u2019 is a three crew set up, two pilots and a flight engineer in<br \/>\nthe centre. [J Kightly]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_2259.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-932\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_2259-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"JKightlyHercThorAlbury_2259\" width=\"640\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_2259-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_2259-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_2259-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_2259-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_2259-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_2259.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tanker crew Rickey (left) Tim\u00a0 and interviewer Dave Homewood on the right. [J. Kightly]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310387.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-927\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310387-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"P1310387\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310387-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310387-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310387-768x1366.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310387-84x150.jpg 84w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310387-400x711.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310387.jpg 1406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Thor&#8217;s badge [Photo: Dave Homewood]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310391-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-930\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310391-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"P1310391\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310391-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310391-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310391-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310391-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310391-1-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>High up off the baking tarmac, with the sun beating down through the windows, the very warm cockpit where this episode was recorded was like a glasshouse! [Photo: Dave Homewood]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310390.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-928\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310390-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"P1310390\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310390-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310390-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310390-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310390-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1310390-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Thor&#8217; looking magnificent in the sunshine\u00a0[Photo: Dave Homewood]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1095.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-939\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1095-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1095\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1095-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1095-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1095-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1095-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1095-400x265.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyHercThorAlbury_1095.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hercules \u2018Thor\u2019 on the day of the interview. [J Kightly]<\/p>\n<p><strong>And here are some photos of the other Coulson Hercules in action:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/CoulsonHercThorWayneRiggCrop_7736.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-933\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/CoulsonHercThorWayneRiggCrop_7736-1024x733.jpg\" alt=\"CoulsonHercThorWayneRiggCrop_7736\" width=\"640\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/CoulsonHercThorWayneRiggCrop_7736-1024x733.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/CoulsonHercThorWayneRiggCrop_7736-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/CoulsonHercThorWayneRiggCrop_7736-768x550.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/CoulsonHercThorWayneRiggCrop_7736-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/CoulsonHercThorWayneRiggCrop_7736-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/CoulsonHercThorWayneRiggCrop_7736.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Coulson\u2019s second Hercules 132 \u2018Thor\u2019 undertaking a demo drop in NSW on 5 September<br \/>\n2015. [Wayne Rigg]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyC130Q_6038sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-935\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyC130Q_6038sm-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"JKightlyC130Q_6038sm\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyC130Q_6038sm-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyC130Q_6038sm-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyC130Q_6038sm-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyC130Q_6038sm-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyC130Q_6038sm-400x265.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyC130Q_6038sm.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The tank pump set up, part of the ground system, seen with Coulson\u2019s other Hercules,<br \/>\nC-130Q N130FF at Avalon in 2014. [J Kightly]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyC130Q_6019sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-934\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyC130Q_6019sm-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"JKightlyC130Q_6019sm\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyC130Q_6019sm-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyC130Q_6019sm-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyC130Q_6019sm-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyC130Q_6019sm-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyC130Q_6019sm-400x265.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JKightlyC130Q_6019sm.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Demonstrating the tank fill system on N130FF. [J Kightly]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Guests: Tim Martin and Rickey Rau<\/p>\n<p>Hosts: Dave Homewood and James Kightly<\/p>\n<p>Recorded: 19th of November 2015<\/p>\n<p>Duration: 31 minutes 16 seconds<\/p>\n<p>In this Wings Over Australia episode of the WONZ Show Dave Homewood and James Kightly chat with pilots Tim Martin and Rickey Rau, the pilots who fly Coulson Aviation\u2019s amazing civil Lockheed [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[926,34,23,24,737,919,142,869,372,292,89,512,373,340,927,923,924,925,299,514,415,242,551,930,95,921,920,917,90,929,192,922,371,928,916,918],"class_list":["post-918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-episodes","tag-aerial","tag-aeroplane","tag-aeroplanes","tag-aircraft","tag-airplane","tag-airplanes","tag-airport","tag-albury","tag-america","tag-australia","tag-aviation","tag-bush","tag-canada","tag-dave-homewood","tag-dropping","tag-fire","tag-firebomber","tag-firefighting","tag-flying","tag-forest","tag-hercules","tag-james-kightly","tag-lockheed","tag-low","tag-new","tag-new-south-wales","tag-nsw","tag-over","tag-podcast","tag-retardant","tag-show","tag-thor","tag-usa","tag-water","tag-wings","tag-zealand","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=918"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":951,"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918\/revisions\/951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}