Workhorse - E48 - Test Flight at the North Pole with Matt Hegarty

The FMS-800 flight management system was installed on RAAF C-130Hs in 1999 under Project AIR 5195. The FMS-800 delivered a range of enhanced capabilities for C-130Hs making them even more ideally suited for the Airborne Operations and Special Operations support roles. These capabilities included GPS precision navigation, airdrop navigation, receiver autonomous-integrity monitoring (RAIM), jamming protection, and it was integrated with the Litton 92 inertial navigation system, APN-241 radar and the flight director. 

The FMS-800 came with a hefty training and test and evaluation bill. In this episode, retired Air Commodore Matt Hegarty recalls the two test flights he flew to the North Pole to test the FMS-800, circa 2002 and 2004.