Low Flying Hercules (Page 3): If you got a parachute what do you need a harness for? That could spoil all the fun! :sm02:...

LFingar Loc: Claverack, NY

jerryc41 wrote:

I'd take that ride with a strong harness and a couple of parachutes.

If you got a parachute what do you need a harness for? That could spoil all the fun!

Hereford Loc: Palm Coast, FL

You did a great job not freezing the props.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

LFingar wrote:

If you want an awesome view of it look for the movie "Always" starring Richard Dreyfus and John Goodman. The whole movie is quite good but the opening scene is epic!

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096794/

DICK32

Mojaveflyer wrote:

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James: Nicely done photos. I flew in the back of an HC-30 in the Air Force Reserves to Panama and back. a lot of fun.

DickC Loc: NE Washington state

I lived in Colorado (Conifer) for 60 years, always hated fire season, had one come down within 600 yards of our place at 8,140 feet elevation.

petercbrandt Loc: New York City, Manhattan

LFingar wrote:

Nice shots of a truely great aircraft!
I apologize for posting a photo on your thread, but, I came across this photo yesterday on the web and when I saw the title "Low Flying Hercules" I just can't help myself! I would love to take that ride!

Guys sitting on the edge like in your photo, I have also, sitting out a helicopter over the Hudson River (NYC), side doors open legs dangling down.
Hope these guys are tied in somehow, all they need is some air turbulence and bump out....very scary !

LFingar Loc: Claverack, NY

petercbrandt wrote:

Guys sitting on the edge like in your photo, I have also, sitting out a helicopter over the Hudson River (NYC), side doors open legs dangling down.
Hope these guys are tied in somehow, all they need is some air turbulence and bump out....very scary !

The US Air Force has been kicking cargo out of planes for 80 yrs or so. After losing an occasional kicker in the early days harnesses and safety lanyards became SOP.

nukauboi

LarryFB wrote:

Great Pictures. Have you ever seen a C-130 use JATO bottles? Part way down the take off run, the JATO bottles are fired. Then the C-130 takes off at about a 40 degree angle. Then at a few hundred feet of altitude it levels off. The Blue Angels used to do this during some of their exhibitions. It is an awesome sight. They quit doing it because they ran out of JATO bottles. I've seen the Blues fly about a half of dozen time but only once did I see Fat Albert take off with JATO assist.

I went to the Marine Military Academy 73-76 in Harlingen, Texas. The Confederate Air Force was based there before moving to Midland Texas later and changing name to Consolidated Air Force. At their airshow, I watched the C-130 with JATO bottles take off. Amazing. Watching the A-4 Corsair do a carrier landing was pretty impressive too. However, nothing beat watching WWII aircraft practicing all year.

MikeJ Loc: North Georgia USA

nukauboi wrote:

I went to the Marine Military Academy 73-76 in Harlingen, Texas. The Confederate Air Force was based there before moving to Midland Texas later and changing name to Consolidated Air Force. At their airshow, I watched the C-130 with JATO bottles take off. Amazing. Watching the A-4 Corsair do a carrier landing was pretty impressive too. However, nothing beat watching WWII aircraft practicing all year.

Commemorative Air Force https://commemorativeairforce.org/

nukauboi

You are right. They changed it to the politically correct Commemorative Air Force.