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Posted: 1/19/2015 5:31:29 PM EDT
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The classic Roman Nose C-130 (YC-130A)
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Posted: 1/19/2015 5:32:30 PM EDT
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RC-130 GC-130NC-130 DC-130 VC-130 L-100 
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They perform or have performed pretty much most every aviation mission the DoD has with them. That is a fair statement. They have to be at or within spitting distance of the most number of sub-mission designations an airframe has received. ETA: C-130 AC-130 EC-130 HC-130 JC-130 KC-130 LC-130 MC-130 WC-130 GC-130NC-130 DC-130 VC-130 L-100
I knew I was going to miss a couple, but I would have purposely chosen to leave GC and NC off since they aren't really versions but applications of the same thing. And the VC-130. When you need to go somewhere slowly in style. 
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Posted: 1/19/2015 5:33:15 PM EDT
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good airplane, I worked on them for five years at Dyess AFB TX however FUCK leading edge hinge pins and troop door negator springs +1 Don't be a pussy I replaced many hinge pins and negator springs they are not that bad. The high torques on the fuel panels on top of the wings were a royal bitch. |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 5:38:57 PM EDT
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Navy EC-130Q trailing long wire antenna
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Posted: 1/19/2015 5:40:59 PM EDT
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If I am jumping out, I'd rather have a 141.
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Posted: 1/19/2015 5:42:37 PM EDT
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If I am jumping out, I'd rather have a 141. They are all going to be short jumps these days.
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Posted: 1/19/2015 5:44:07 PM EDT
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Eleven C-130H Hercules and 13 C-130J Super
Hercules prepare to take off Dec. 6, 2014, from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas in support of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School's Joint Forcible Entry Exercise 14B. The C-130H models are from various Air National Guard units and the C-130J models are from the 317th Airlift Group at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas   |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 5:46:31 PM EDT
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It's a good plane but there are a lot of good planes out there. I will say it is an outstanding design for what it does.
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Posted: 1/19/2015 5:47:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Wat? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: FACT: it can refuel its self while in flight. using high speed drogues FACT. Wat? He's saying "...while in flight",.." but he is only saying the HS drogues are deployed, not that they are delivering fuel to the same C-130. http://www.c-130hercules.net/LSN/No40.pdf "The System in General "... An auxiliary fuel control panel was designed into the C-130 tankers to accommodate the controls, gages, and other indicators directly related to inflight refueling. The schematic layout of components on the control panel is divided to represent the IFR systems on each corresponding side of the airplane. The tie-in of these systems with the C-130's integral fuel tanks is represented at the bottom of the panel. Fuel flow counters for each of the two hose-reel installations are included among the instruments on this panel. The controls on one side are independent of those on the other. The auxiliary fuel control panel is located overhead and aft of the basic C-130's fuel control panel. Most C-130 tankers have check lists over the panel for operations requiring the use of the auxiliary fuel panel. In addition to their primary purpose, the lists can serve to remind you of operating details of the system and of circuits back up the line . . . details found in the various NAVWEPS publications on the systems and components involved. (A list of these publications is on page 10.) In going over the systems involved in inflight refueling the large 3600 gallon removable fuselage tank and its plumbing is a good starting point. The fuselage tank is built into a cradle that slides into place in the cargo compartment. Normally this fuselage tank is used for inflight refueling, but receiving airplanes can be refueled from the KC-130F's integral fuel tanks whether the IFR fuselage tank is installed or not. In turn, the KC-130F's engines can be supplied fuel from the fuselage tank, for greater range or in an emergency... In effect the plumbing for C and KC-130F's includes three main fuel manifolds spanning the fuel system. These are the crossfeed, the ground refuel, and the inflight refueling manifolds. The crossfeed manifold is essentially the same on all C-130's and allows fuel transfer from any fuel tank to another when necessary on the ground. It allows the engines to be supplied from any of the basic C-130's fuel supply tanks and from the fuselage tank on KC-13OF models. FueI can be transferred from wing tanks to fuselage tank and from there to the engines if necessary. The ground refueling manifold routes fuel to all tanks from the single point refueling receptacles. Ground defueling is through this manifold also. The inflight refueling manifold connects the fuselage tank to the IFR pods. Extensions from this manifold connect to the fuel jettison masts in the wing tips. All fuel that is jettisoned from this airplane enters this manifold to reach the jettison masts. (The ability of KC-130's to supply fuel on short notice and to supply it from their own fuel tanks has saved a number of relatively short range airplanes from probable ditching due to weather conditions and insufficient fuel to reach an alternate airfield.) ..." |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 6:06:19 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/19/2015 6:10:32 PM EDT
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 EC-130V - Coast Guard / Navy / USAF / Navy / USAF / Demodded / C-130H Coast Guard |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 6:11:47 PM EDT
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/US_Navy_021028-N-0000X-001_An_NC-130H_provides_an_in-flight_test_bed_for_a_Radar_Modernization_Program_%28RMP%29.jpg EC-130V - Coast Guard / Navy / USAF / Navy / USAF / Demodded / C-130H Coast Guard CBP has a dish like that on an old P-3. Now that looks odd. |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 6:14:07 PM EDT
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If I am jumping out, I'd rather have a 141. They are all going to be short jumps these days. It's been about 21 years since my last. 
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Posted: 1/19/2015 6:17:50 PM EDT
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1. C-130
2- P-51 mustang 3- Cessna 208 Grand Caravan. |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 6:21:44 PM EDT
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In. I love the C-130 threads. 
Some AC-130 gunships: https://globalaviationreport.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/140116-f-qp712-291.jpg In the daytime no less. |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 6:25:09 PM EDT
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Don't be a pussy I replaced many hinge pins and negator springs they are not that bad. The high torques on the fuel panels on top of the wings were a royal bitch. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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good airplane, I worked on them for five years at Dyess AFB TX however FUCK leading edge hinge pins and troop door negator springs +1 Don't be a pussy I replaced many hinge pins and negator springs they are not that bad. The high torques on the fuel panels on top of the wings were a royal bitch. hinge pins and springs are nothing, once you know how. fuel bay panels, meh, we didnt even try, just drill and easyout them. |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 6:29:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: CBP has a dish like that on an old P-3. Now that looks odd. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/US_Navy_021028-N-0000X-001_An_NC-130H_provides_an_in-flight_test_bed_for_a_Radar_Modernization_Program_%28RMP%29.jpg EC-130V - Coast Guard / Navy / USAF / Navy / USAF / Demodded / C-130H Coast Guard CBP has a dish like that on an old P-3. Now that looks odd. That C-130 was done up in 1992. Been around for years. That's an E-2C rotodome on top with the APS-125 radar in it. It was last used by the Navy to develop the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye APY-9 AESA radar, in 2012 it was demodded and returned to the Coast Guard and it's flying (once again) as "Coast Guard 1721". |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 6:32:15 PM EDT
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He's saying "...while in flight",.." but he is only saying the HS drogues are deployed, not that they are delivering fuel to the same C-130. http://www.c-130hercules.net/LSN/No40.pdf "The System in General "... An auxiliary fuel control panel was designed into the C-130 tankers to accommodate the controls, gages, and other indicators directly related to inflight refueling. The schematic layout of components on the control panel is divided to represent the IFR systems on each corresponding side of the airplane. The tie-in of these systems with the C-130's integral fuel tanks is represented at the bottom of the panel. Fuel flow counters for each of the two hose-reel installations are included among the instruments on this panel. The controls on one side are independent of those on the other. The auxiliary fuel control panel is located overhead and aft of the basic C-130's fuel control panel. Most C-130 tankers have check lists over the panel for operations requiring the use of the auxiliary fuel panel. In addition to their primary purpose, the lists can serve to remind you of operating details of the system and of circuits back up the line . . . details found in the various NAVWEPS publications on the systems and components involved. (A list of these publications is on page 10.) In going over the systems involved in inflight refueling the large 3600 gallon removable fuselage tank and its plumbing is a good starting point. The fuselage tank is built into a cradle that slides into place in the cargo compartment. Normally this fuselage tank is used for inflight refueling, but receiving airplanes can be refueled from the KC-130F's integral fuel tanks whether the IFR fuselage tank is installed or not. In turn, the KC-130F's engines can be supplied fuel from the fuselage tank, for greater range or in an emergency... In effect the plumbing for C and KC-130F's includes three main fuel manifolds spanning the fuel system. These are the crossfeed, the ground refuel, and the inflight refueling manifolds. The crossfeed manifold is essentially the same on all C-130's and allows fuel transfer from any fuel tank to another when necessary on the ground. It allows the engines to be supplied from any of the basic C-130's fuel supply tanks and from the fuselage tank on KC-13OF models. FueI can be transferred from wing tanks to fuselage tank and from there to the engines if necessary. The ground refueling manifold routes fuel to all tanks from the single point refueling receptacles. Ground defueling is through this manifold also. The inflight refueling manifold connects the fuselage tank to the IFR pods. Extensions from this manifold connect to the fuel jettison masts in the wing tips. All fuel that is jettisoned from this airplane enters this manifold to reach the jettison masts. (The ability of KC-130's to supply fuel on short notice and to supply it from their own fuel tanks has saved a number of relatively short range airplanes from probable ditching due to weather conditions and insufficient fuel to reach an alternate airfield.) ..." Quote HistoryQuoted:
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FACT: it can refuel its self while in flight. using high speed drogues FACT. Wat? He's saying "...while in flight",.." but he is only saying the HS drogues are deployed, not that they are delivering fuel to the same C-130. http://www.c-130hercules.net/LSN/No40.pdf "The System in General "... An auxiliary fuel control panel was designed into the C-130 tankers to accommodate the controls, gages, and other indicators directly related to inflight refueling. The schematic layout of components on the control panel is divided to represent the IFR systems on each corresponding side of the airplane. The tie-in of these systems with the C-130's integral fuel tanks is represented at the bottom of the panel. Fuel flow counters for each of the two hose-reel installations are included among the instruments on this panel. The controls on one side are independent of those on the other. The auxiliary fuel control panel is located overhead and aft of the basic C-130's fuel control panel. Most C-130 tankers have check lists over the panel for operations requiring the use of the auxiliary fuel panel. In addition to their primary purpose, the lists can serve to remind you of operating details of the system and of circuits back up the line . . . details found in the various NAVWEPS publications on the systems and components involved. (A list of these publications is on page 10.) In going over the systems involved in inflight refueling the large 3600 gallon removable fuselage tank and its plumbing is a good starting point. The fuselage tank is built into a cradle that slides into place in the cargo compartment. Normally this fuselage tank is used for inflight refueling, but receiving airplanes can be refueled from the KC-130F's integral fuel tanks whether the IFR fuselage tank is installed or not. In turn, the KC-130F's engines can be supplied fuel from the fuselage tank, for greater range or in an emergency... In effect the plumbing for C and KC-130F's includes three main fuel manifolds spanning the fuel system. These are the crossfeed, the ground refuel, and the inflight refueling manifolds. The crossfeed manifold is essentially the same on all C-130's and allows fuel transfer from any fuel tank to another when necessary on the ground. It allows the engines to be supplied from any of the basic C-130's fuel supply tanks and from the fuselage tank on KC-13OF models. FueI can be transferred from wing tanks to fuselage tank and from there to the engines if necessary. The ground refueling manifold routes fuel to all tanks from the single point refueling receptacles. Ground defueling is through this manifold also. The inflight refueling manifold connects the fuselage tank to the IFR pods. Extensions from this manifold connect to the fuel jettison masts in the wing tips. All fuel that is jettisoned from this airplane enters this manifold to reach the jettison masts. (The ability of KC-130's to supply fuel on short notice and to supply it from their own fuel tanks has saved a number of relatively short range airplanes from probable ditching due to weather conditions and insufficient fuel to reach an alternate airfield.) ..." no, i was jokingly saying it can efuel itself using IFR pods and HSD. kinda like chuck norris built the cabin he was born in. for the record, KC-130T and Super T is best 130
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Posted: 1/19/2015 6:35:03 PM EDT
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C7 Caribou My father flew those in Viet Nam. I don't remember him ever having anything nice to say about them. |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 6:39:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: for the record, KC-130T and Super T is best 130 KC-130T = C-130H. |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 6:43:15 PM EDT
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I almost took a 130 assignment after being on 141's for a while, but the thought of winding up at one of the Big Three (Pope, Dyess, or Little Rock) didn't appeal to me.
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Posted: 1/19/2015 6:46:19 PM EDT
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I live a ways north of the LRAFB and they are flying routes over my apartment pretty much 24/7.
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Posted: 1/19/2015 6:46:24 PM EDT
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74-2131 was the best bird in B section. '79-'81
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Posted: 1/19/2015 6:56:00 PM EDT
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45772 then 2A571
so yup 
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Posted: 1/19/2015 6:56:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: for the record, KC-130T and Super T is best 130 Quote HistoryQuoted: for the record, KC-130T and Super T is best 130 True dat.
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Posted: 1/19/2015 6:57:35 PM EDT
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C130's took me to places I would have rather not went. It was mostly 747's that brought me back home, I will take the 747 over the C130 any day. Besides, I never saw a single flight attendant I would have wanted to bang on a C130, even after months in the middle of nowhere.
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Posted: 1/19/2015 7:00:54 PM EDT
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for the record, KC-130T and Super T is best 130 KC-130T = C-130H. nope. and dont even try to say it is. Also, way off from a super T |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 7:00:56 PM EDT
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Dad flew them, me and my brother both jumped out of them.
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Posted: 1/19/2015 7:02:38 PM EDT
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for the record, KC-130T and Super T is best 130 True dat. I wonder if we know each other... 234 ? |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 7:05:51 PM EDT
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I liked them, here is a picture my dad took of me and put together with his photoshop skills (he came to see me graduate Airborne school.) I preferred c17's though.
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Posted: 1/19/2015 7:18:18 PM EDT
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The Hercules that sank the Hercules http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Kra06iuFo9Y/TGmDuPYRi3I/AAAAAAAABoM/U5WdnC6tdSg/s1600/HERCULESPODCARGADO.jpg That was a new one for me. Stupid Argies. |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 7:18:35 PM EDT
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You are correct about the LE pins. spent many an hour in the Texas sun on a B-1 stand with a wheel chock bangin' away till I couldn't lift it even one more time! Had a Brutha in B Section get a finger ripped-off (left the bones still attached) by running afoul of troop door cable. GO TO BENCH STOCK AND GET A "C" CLAMP, NUMBNUTS!!! I would give everything I have to do just one more Assault Landing on a dirt runway. To think that My Girlz are now over 40 years old an 8 of them are now 220 miles north of Me in Great Falls! Gotta go pay them a visit this spring! I haven't seen 74-1688 for 29 years. I'd bawl like a Baby if Christine (74-2063) is there. The Ol' Crew Chief THE Most Fanatical C-130 Enthusiast You could ever meet! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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good airplane, I worked on them for five years at Dyess AFB TX however FUCK leading edge hinge pins and troop door negator springs You are correct about the LE pins. spent many an hour in the Texas sun on a B-1 stand with a wheel chock bangin' away till I couldn't lift it even one more time! Had a Brutha in B Section get a finger ripped-off (left the bones still attached) by running afoul of troop door cable. GO TO BENCH STOCK AND GET A "C" CLAMP, NUMBNUTS!!! I would give everything I have to do just one more Assault Landing on a dirt runway. To think that My Girlz are now over 40 years old an 8 of them are now 220 miles north of Me in Great Falls! Gotta go pay them a visit this spring! I haven't seen 74-1688 for 29 years. I'd bawl like a Baby if Christine (74-2063) is there. The Ol' Crew Chief THE Most Fanatical C-130 Enthusiast You could ever meet! 74-2063 is a CT ANG bird now. |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 7:23:32 PM EDT
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When I was a kid C-130s flew low and slow over my house out in the country. It just happened to be on a training flight path. I would always run out into the yard and wave at them when I heard them coming. Often they would tip a wing when they saw me. Thanks for bringing back some good memories!
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Posted: 1/19/2015 7:27:20 PM EDT
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It's been about 21 years since my last.
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If I am jumping out, I'd rather have a 141. They are all going to be short jumps these days. It's been about 21 years since my last.
I haven't jumped since 1996. God I feel old. I loved the C-130, but that wind deflector on the 141 was nice. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 7:29:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: nope. and dont even try to say it is. Also, way off from a super T Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: for the record, KC-130T and Super T is best 130 KC-130T = C-130H. nope. and dont even try to say it is. Also, way off from a super T A C-130T is the same thing as a C-130H. Next you're going to try tell me that a C-130F is not a C-130B.  |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 7:32:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I wonder if we know each other... 234 ? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: for the record, KC-130T and Super T is best 130 True dat. I wonder if we know each other... 234 ? Yup, and 452. Avi and QA. 162785 and 786 were built on the FY 1983 H production line, 163023 was from FY 1984's batch, and then 3310 and 3311 were both produced as part of the FY 1985 "H" model production ;-)
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Posted: 1/19/2015 7:43:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: C-47. Still in the air around the world. My grandfather flew the C-47 in WW2. Unfortunately he died while I was relatively young so I was not able to talk to him about his experiences. After the war he was a flight instructor for the Air Force.  |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 7:46:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I have no idea what the best plane every made is. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: C-47. Still in the air around the world. My grandfather flew the C-47 in WW2. Unfortunately he died while I was relatively young so I was not able to talk to him about his experiences. After the war he was a flight instructor for the Air Force. You mean the R4D. |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 8:04:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My grandfather flew the C-47 in WW2. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: C-47. Still in the air around the world. My grandfather flew the C-47 in WW2. Unfortunately he died while I was relatively young so I was not able to talk to him about his experiences. After the war he was a flight instructor for the Air Force. You mean the R4D. but according to the Boeing site (Douglas merged with Boeing): The C-47 Skytrain was the Army Air Forces (of which my grandfather was a member) version of the DC-3. The R4D was the Navy version. |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 8:08:16 PM EDT
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I dunno, my brother kept jumping out of them. Lol |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 8:17:34 PM EDT
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The F-4 Phantom is definitely bunkworthy. https://www.awesomestories.com/images/user/a658db0091.jpg Haven't seen that photo in a long time. One of the birds from Moody AFB back when I was stationed there out beating up the range at Eglin.. I wonder if the photo of her dropping a 2000lb Paveway is floating around on the web? I'd love to have the two photos in that set, the bomb coming off the Phantom and then the bomb going through the driver's side window of a deuce and a half. |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 8:21:20 PM EDT
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Eleven C-130H Hercules and 13 C-130J SuperHercules prepare to take off Dec. 6, 2014, from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas insupport of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School's Joint Forcible Entry Exercise14B. The C-130H models are from various Air National Guard units and the C-130Jmodels are from the 317th Airlift Group at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas http://media.dma.mil/2014/Dec/12/2000957171/-1/-1/0/141206-F-AA000-001.JPG https://globalaviationreport.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/120203-f-lp948-0019.jpg?w=7360 Neat photos! Whoop ass delivery system if there ever was one! 
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Posted: 1/19/2015 8:22:43 PM EDT
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I loved being on that program. The airframe was relatively simple, only a handfull of critical loadcases. The bird was rugged and combined with the ESL wing would last you a good long time. So long as you had sufficient tooling, you could pretty much repair/replace anything.
I remember going from that program to inspecting C5s and noting how very squishy and fragile it felt compared to a 130J
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Posted: 1/19/2015 8:26:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:A C-130T is the same thing as a C-130H.
Next you're going to try tell me that a C-130F is not a C-130B.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/images/c-130h-vary.gif I wrote Kc-130T. K makes all the difference
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Posted: 1/19/2015 8:27:17 PM EDT
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Nothing beats the A-6 Intruder. It could carry 5 times its own weight in ordnance and withstand a direct hit from an ICBM.
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Posted: 1/19/2015 8:30:48 PM EDT
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CBP has a dish like that on an old P-3. Now that looks odd. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Posted: 1/19/2015 8:36:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Neat photos! Whoop ass delivery system if there ever was one! Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Eleven C-130H Hercules and 13 C-130J SuperHercules prepare to take off Dec. 6, 2014, from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas insupport of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School's Joint Forcible Entry Exercise14B. The C-130H models are from various Air National Guard units and the C-130Jmodels are from the 317th Airlift Group at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas http://media.dma.mil/2014/Dec/12/2000957171/-1/-1/0/141206-F-AA000-001.JPG https://globalaviationreport.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/120203-f-lp948-0019.jpg?w=7360 Neat photos! Whoop ass delivery system if there ever was one! 24 is a good sized formation. Done a 36-ship trainer once. Wish I had pictures from the Haitian Vacation launch - a large portion of the AF C-130 fleet at 2 bases (Pope and MacDill), loaded to the gills with gas and paratroopers (82nd and such + equipment). Launched in a large in-trail formation for a drop on Port-au-Prince. Was toward the back of the personnel formation out of Pope, and by the time we broke out of the weather it was a stream of anti-collision lights as far as you could see towards the horizon. (IIRC it was 6 squadrons out of Pope and at least 2 out of MacDill.) The junta decided they didn't want to play shortly there-after, and we aborted back to base to re-marshall and launch again for airland delivery of the 82nd. |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 8:38:15 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/19/2015 8:53:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Nothing beats the A-6 Intruder. It could carry 5 times its own weight in ordnance and withstand a direct hit from an ICBM. Not bad. But it pales in comparison to the A-1 Skyraider. The only bad thing anyone can say about the Skyraider is that they didn't make enough of them.
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Posted: 1/19/2015 9:39:40 PM EDT
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They perform or have performed pretty much most every aviation mission the DoD has with them. That is a fair statement. They have to be at or within spitting distance of the most number of sub-mission designations an airframe has received. ETA: C-130 AC-130 EC-130 HC-130 JC-130 KC-130 LC-130 MC-130 WC-130 GC-130NC-130 DC-130 VC-130 L-100
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