Just5cents

OMG! I think thats it!! Heres the picture I have of him and his plane. I think now that i remember he did mention that he thought it was the National Air and Space museum...but the times I checked on it over the years I never saw wether or not it was his, let alone even before that I never saw a C-130 at the main display, and when i heard of the addition being made at the airport I saw that a C-130 was on the list....but never saw if it was actually his or not. Does the plane in the picture match up, would there be another plane that has 460 on it like that!? If not then I CANT THANK ALL OF YOU ENOUGH for all your help! My mom (who is one of his daughters) cant thank you all enough either! We are planning a trip down to see the plane, I will take some pictures and post them here... By the way, Is there anything you can tell about the picture we have? Like where it could be? What airlift wing it was? I know not much is shown in the picture above.

Ok As soon as i get the picture and scan it i will post it up. His name was Richard Scarlett, he was the mechanic for the plane, he was stationed at McDill AFB, my mom thinks the picture was taken in the phillipines maybe, around 1960. I will get more info and post the picture here asap.

Hello everyone, Let me introduce myself my name is justin nichols and my grandfather i believe he rode and maintained a C-130. Years ago on a telephone converstion he told me and showed me a site where his plane was being restored for display...somewhere. After some talking he had a photo (to which I have a copy of) of one of there trips where he is standing shaking hands with i think either a vietnamse boy or korean boy. Either way he wasnt sure if he was able to make the trip to donate the photo, because they really would have liked to have it....well I promised him when i got old enough to drive i would pick him up and take him there to do it. ...i never got that chance, he passed away i believe just a year later. So why do I come now? Just last night i found my copy of that picture, and i remembered it all...and I just wanted to see if i could get some more info on what plane it was, if its restored, where its at. I will post a scan of the image to show you all in hopes there some clues to what it exactly is. For now, Iknow on the body on the side of the aircraft it had the number 460 and it looked to be a silver or grey colored aircraft. Thank you all so much for your help.