Tag Archives: Alec Anderson

Contribution by Alec Anderson The following is a newsletter sent to the teams in January 2002: It has been a long time since my last communication to you with an update on what is happening with our fleet, so here goes. We are still growing even if we do not now see and control allContinue reading “Wots goin’ on?”

Contribution by Alec Anderson The start of another day in Lockichogio in the north of Kenya begins at 06:00 local. The airplane, an L382 or civilian Hercules, sits squat and heavy on the apron, fuelled and loaded the night before. At six sharp the APU springs to life, the whining note singing out to allContinue reading “Fast Food in the Drought”

Lockheed Hercules ZS-RSF, was manufactured in 1974, and is affectionally known as “Foxtrot”. This aircraft has achieved the 50 000 flight hour mark. She has been involved in Aid and Relief markets, Airdrop missions, Arctic operation, general freight duties, support of NGO activities in troubled regions, and has visited all the world’s continents. Yes, she hasContinue reading “ZS-RSF Gets a New Life!”