Why the C-130 Is Such a Badass Plane
Apr 21, 2017 20:41:08 #
Apr 21, 2017 22:19:38 #
Thanks. Aviation history always a pleasure to watch.
bcheary wrote:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a26156/c-130-badass-plane/?
Apr 21, 2017 22:27:17 #
anotherview wrote:
Thanks. Aviation history always a pleasure to watch.
Apr 21, 2017 22:54:50 #
Apr 21, 2017 23:34:13 #
dirtpusher wrote:
I got my couple free rides 66 an 67. It big.
Thanks for your service to our country Dirt.
Apr 21, 2017 23:35:46 #
bcheary wrote:
Thanks for your service to our country Dirt.
Wasn't my idea. Lol
Apr 21, 2017 23:40:38 #
Apr 22, 2017 04:24:20 #
This is one of the most versatile aircraft ever built.
Having flown it on four occasions, I am afraid I
cannot agree with the opening title, its a fabulous
aircraft to fly, not quite a fighter though, but it
does it's job.
Thank you for the link, most interesting.
Having flown it on four occasions, I am afraid I
cannot agree with the opening title, its a fabulous
aircraft to fly, not quite a fighter though, but it
does it's job.
Thank you for the link, most interesting.
Apr 22, 2017 05:56:01 #
I was working on an American air base back in the 70's, Mildenhall - Suffolk - UK, (during the Vietnam war) they were flying in and out just about all day and night, they are a massive plane when you see them up close, about 90 tons I was told by an airman
Apr 22, 2017 06:12:10 #
Apr 22, 2017 06:18:43 #
I live near the Peoria, IL airport where the 187th Airlift wing of the Illinois Air National Guard is stationed. Those monsters fly over my house at all hours of the day and night. Some of my neighbors are annoyed by the noise they make, but I find it reassuring that the might of our military is on display every day in the sky above my home.
Apr 22, 2017 07:29:29 #
Apr 22, 2017 07:35:48 #
The Hercules C-130 was my regular mode of transportation shuttling all over the Med as a Navy photographer and aircrewman. I never thought twice about the safety of this fantastically versatile bird. My only complaint was that I usually wound up seated under a compressor pump that dripped condensation on my head.
On one long C-130 flight I had my feet propped up on a crate being carried as cargo and was reading a magazine. The Navy chaplain seated next to me laughed and pointed to the crate my feet were on. He said, "You're very causual about this aren't you." I didn't know what he meant. He pointed to the crate. Inside was a nuclear bomb...
Bob
On one long C-130 flight I had my feet propped up on a crate being carried as cargo and was reading a magazine. The Navy chaplain seated next to me laughed and pointed to the crate my feet were on. He said, "You're very causual about this aren't you." I didn't know what he meant. He pointed to the crate. Inside was a nuclear bomb...
Bob
Apr 22, 2017 08:20:39 #
I flew quite a bit on the 130 while in the Air Force 1961-1969.
Always liked that airplane.
Always liked that airplane.
Apr 22, 2017 08:30:35 #
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