For a plane used to a cruising speed in excess of 300mph, it was quite a shock to see a Hercules C-130 passing through Swindon by road this weekend - at 10mph!
This image of the first C130 Hercules XV305 prepared for a last journey through Wiltshire to its resting place in Staffordshire. The gigantic air transporter was decomissioned and then dismantled at RAF Lyneham ready for a long tenuous road journey through the tight bends, roundabouts and bridges of North Wiltshire onto the M4 motorway.
Picture taken 9th January 2011 with thanks to Richard Wintle Calyx Photo and TV Agency .
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