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99-5481 arr. 27th March 19. Bangladesh ex ZH883. (Stored)
ZH888 arr. 8th December 20 RAF. (Centre wing box replacement).
ZH871 arr, 28th October 21 RAF.
ZH875 arr. 7th April 22. RAF (stored).
5629 arr. 26th April 22. Norway.
84002 arr. 20th May 22 Sweden.
G-988 arr. 28th June 22 Netherlands.
84006 arr. 6th July 22 Sweden.
167927 arr. 25th July 22. USMC.
ZH889 arr. 28th July 22. RAF.
ZH874 arr. 12th September 22 RAF.
212/MAI arr. 20th September 22 Qatar.
KC-3802 arr. 3rd October 22. India.
ZH867 arr. 6th October22 RAF.

List updated on 22nd November to delete 165957 which departed today having arrived on the 26th September 2022.

As of midday today, visiting Swedish 84004 parked up beside 84007 and RDAF B-538 (parked nicely for photos that aren't rear on from Kings Meadow).

This was all that was visible outside, so 84002 and the Bangladeshi C-130 are no longer visible outside.

167923 passed OTT Aylesbury at 1150L FL230+ in a SW direction, ADS-B had it as Sumo 76

List updated on 4th November to

Delete 84007 which departed on the 3rd November having arrived on 13th January 2021.
Delete 167923 which departed on the 4th November having arrived on 6th September 2022

For those who might be wondering, there are no Hercules parked outside as of 1600 today.

Professor_M wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 04, 2022 4:24 pm

For those who might be wondering, there are no Hercules parked outside as of 1600 today.

really appreciate the regular updates of what's outside even if it's nothing,

STN RAMP RAT wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 04, 2022 7:27 pm

Professor_M wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 04, 2022 4:24 pm

For those who might be wondering, there are no Hercules parked outside as of 1600 today.

really appreciate the regular updates of what's outside even if it's nothing,

Thankyou for saying so, this forum is full of useful information and I am fortunate to be in a position to make my own regular contribution, however small it may be.

Here's to a few more years of Hercules at Cambridge.

I stumbled across the following article this evening (from May 2020): https://marshallaerospace.com/insights- ... -air-force

Does anyone know when the first Hercules will arrive from this contract, seeing as we are over two years into the 5 year contract?

Does anyone know which Hercules was making a racket in the engine run area on Thursday around the time of the Swedish movements?

I should have said that when 84004 was visiting last week, what looked like engines (engine shaped, wrapped in blue plastic) were unloaded - I didn't count how many though.

Perhaps for 84002?

No Hercules outside as of 1530 today (it's been a quiet week).

Having succeeded in missing the Dane, despite both having an airtest and then departing for home today, there is nothing parked outside as of 1500 today.

There was, however, a Herculean noise coming from the engine run bays, but I don't know its identity.

List updated on 19th November to delete B-538 which departed on the 16th September having arrived on the 2nd May 2022.

List updated on 22nd November to delete 165957 which departed today having arrived on the 26th September 2022.

Nothing parked up outside as of 1330 today.

Must be about time for some new arrivals - nothing new since 6th October according to the list at the top of the page.

Tp84 84002 was put back into the westernmost hangar after its airtest this afternoon. (For those who may be interested, it doesn't currently have AAR pods fitted on the wings.)

Can anyone confirm which Hercules was parked next to it? Looked stripped down to metallic finish in places, no props or nose.