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  1. http://www.mercedsunstar.com/news/article46567085.html
  2. Nice story and pictures about this plane... http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=57009
  3. When that plane was delivered to the Smithsonian, It should have been delivered with a full aircraft jacket file including the AFTO 95's for each engine. Unless they disposed of the jacket file (they shouldn't have), the Smithsonian has it...someplace. It is either on the aircraft in a box or the NASM has it stored in a file cabinet someplace (probably at the Garber Facility). There is a chance that the NMUSAF has it if they retained ownership of the plane...but typically, the jacket file goes with the aircraft to the possessing museum for storage. At any rate, I'm glad to hear the airplane is being saved. She has a unique history and I was disappointed that the NASM decided several years ago not to display her...
  4. The high gloss was a necessity due to the climate and proximity of the salt water. An accurate, "flat" paint scheme would not hold up well or half as long as the the gloss does. The airpark needs these paint jobs to last as long as possible because periodic repaints are VERY expensive. A compromise had to be made. An indoor museum would be great and the perfect solution but the cost is not something the base can afford...
  5. I did some digging as well today. The stand (a pictured in the above post by gmac) is listed and shown in the IPB with Ground Support Equipment and listed with Engine and Prop equipment. I have the drawings as well. The round disc on the belly band is definitely a hard point for the stand to mate to. Great discussion...lots of good information. Thanks...!
  6. Pet rock is an option. The problem is getting one and getting it on the plane. The support stand is simple, quick and easy...
  7. That's it! Thanks. Why do I want it? I've got a problem with a light Herc (static) trying to do a wheelie when it snows. This is a potential quick solution...
  8. Pretty sure it's a hard-point...designed to mate up with a support stand. The stand had an angled head on it that aligned with the angle of the contour of the disc. I could be wrong though. If it's an "anti-corrosion devise"...it's not working on most Hercs! Interesting discussion. I'll dig in the books this week...
  9. No, that's the wooden "Milkstool" that support the ramp when it is in the air-drop position for heavy loading. I'm looking for the metal framed support stand that would mate-up with the hard point on the left side of the belly band as shown in my original picture. I've seen drawings of it in the IPB but I don't remember ever seeing an actual stand or a picture of it in use. Thanks...
  10. Does anyone have a picture of the stand (metal frame) that goes up under the left side of the rear fuselage and contacts the hard-point on the belly band (picture of the hard-point below)...? Thanks...
  11. This is a huge help. Thanks!
  12. I'm trying to pull together the history of 0994 c/n [cn]4157[/cn] for the Wing (she's slated to go into the Airpark) and I'm compiling a list of her unit assignments. Her years in ARRS are pretty well documented in the AFTO 95's but the specific years she was in the 17th SOS and the 9th SOS are not clear. Also, does anyone know what year the Fulton Recovery System was removed from the HC-130 fleet (around 1974?). Any help would be appreciated. Thanks...
  13. APG85

    TC-130H

    To tie this all together: 65-0962 started life as an HC-130H. It was in the 67th ARRS at RAF Woodbridge (Moron AB before that). In 1985, she was selected to become an EC-130H Compass Call platform and went to Ontario for conversion. When complete, she was stationed at DM. In 1992, she was de-modified and was assigned to the 7th ACCS at Keesler as a slick. There was some talk of making her a capsule bird but there was never any real money or desire to actually do this (she wasn't "bent"). After two years at Keesler, she moved with the unit to DM aand became part of the 42nd ACCS (same unit, different name). Eventually, near the time of the 42nd inactivation, she was turned over to the Compass Call guys and has been with them ever since.
  14. I'm looking for pictures of this install on 66-0217. It was on the aircraft in the late 80's. It consisted of a large block of flat formation lights on the aft fuselage in the form of a square with a "dash" in it...aft of the paratroop doors and I think there were some mounted on the IFR pylons. I found one distance picture on the internet, but nothing up-close. I've looked in the gallery and the only picture is from the wrong angle and the lights are 90% blocked in the view. Thanks.
  15. Is Lars still producing the book? If so, what edition is currently available?
  16. The ABCCC book by Ray Roddy. I have a copy and enjoyed it. It's a good reference type book...
  17. 0567 was painted "shiny" out of necessity. The harsh Florida/coastal climate is pretty rough on a paint job especially flat paint. The cost of painting airplanes is staggering. Painting the plane gloss will help protect the plane better and the paint job will last longer. It might not be accurate, but it serves a purpose...
  18. One of the EC-130 plaques...
  19. Rescue birds (HC-130H, P & N) had them along with a windshield washer system (prone to leaks underneath the flight deck) to get the salt spray off the windscreen during low level ops over the ocean. Most of the planes (all of the converted MC-130P's) have had them removed. Made changing the center windshield a challenge...
  20. 1791 was severely damaged landing in Veitnam...lost the nose section from the flight deck floor down, back to F.S. 245. 1809 lost a wing (left) in Vietnam and was repaired. 1820 was converted back to a slick in the lates 70's...post Vietnam. It never made it to Keesler with the rest of the unit (7th ACCS) post-war. It's now in AMARG. 1825 was used in post Eagle Claw Iran Hostages rescue scenarios. 1863 is still flying at Moody as an HC-130P...the only EC-130E that was converted. Ray Roddy's Book, Circles in the Sky has all the details on ABCCC operations in Vietnam... Lots of history in those planes. Unfortunately, the ABCCC website is down/under construction...
  21. I have a large collection of Herc books. Nearly all of them have inaccuracies throughout. When you become an "expert" in the airframe as we like to think we are, it's hard to find a book that lives up to our standards. People dread watching aviation movies with me...
  22. Make sure the "Drip Shield" is in place over the elevator trim tab actuator/motor (held on with 6 or 8 nuts and bolts). I have seen more than once over the years where people have failed to re-install this and water dripping down the vertical stab gets on/in the motor and it freezes at altitude (the whole reason for the shield). Seems like a simple thing but it will cause a lot of grief if it's missing...
  23. She served a long career as an EC-130E ABCCC bird with the 7th ACCS / 42nd ACCS. She hit 30,000 hours in Sep 1993 during Bosnia operations. The panel you are looking at is the UARRSI panel installed in 1977. She's been sitting in AMARG for almost 10 years now. The remains of the airframe in AMARG below:
  24. Thanks! Didn't realize the gallery had been re-loaded up to those numbers....
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