Canadian C-130 Herc Landing in Jacmel, Haiti

Tanker 336 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:18 pm

One of the first Hercs into the small airstrip in Jacmel, Haiti.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwmT_5Ouv3I

TimAPNY · **Posted:** Fri Jan 22, 2010 8:18 am

Great news and great video. I had to share that with friends on facebook as they have a lot of connection in Jacmel.

Tim

Ken · **Posted:** Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:27 am

Looks like a little terrain around, some obstacles on short final, not the widest (or longest) runway around. Hopefully someone knows what the weight bearing capacity is.

Herks do alot of cool stuff, but that's the meat and potatoes right there, folks. :rock:

As someone said in the Berlin Airlift thread, there are more glamorous missions, but try throwing a party without airlift ...

Dave Hadfield · **Joined:** Sun Sep 17, 2006 10:31 pm **Posts:** 1672

Nice work.

Dave

JDK · **Posted:** Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:30 pm

Thanks for that - an interesting video.

Report on the Jacmel operation by Canadian Forces in Canada's Globe & Mail. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/wor ... le1436995/

Quote:

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A Canadian C-130 Hercules set down at Jacmel's airport Tuesday, the first plane from any country to reach people cut off from the aid that is arriving, albeit slowly, in the capital of Port-au-Prince.
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But the Hercules crew were not the first members of Canada's air force to make the risky landing in Jacmel. That job went to the Griffon helicopter pilots who began flying reconnaissance missions to southern Haiti five days ago.
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