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When I flew on the C-121J we closed the cowl flaps and oil cooler flap to reduce drag.

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Toward the end of the Sunday service, the Minister asked, "How many of you have forgiven your enemies?" 80% held up their hands. The Minister then repeated his question. All responded this time, except one man, Walter Barnes. "Mr Barnes, are you not willing to forgive your enemies?" "I don't have any," he replied gruffly. "Mr Barnes, that is very unusual. How old are you?" "Ninety-eight," he replied. The congregation stood up and clapped their hands. "Oh, Mr Barnes, would you please come down in front and tell us all how a person can live ninety-eight years and not have an enemy in the world?" The old golfer tottered down the aisle, stopped in front of the pulpit, turned around, faced the congregation, and said simply, "I outlived them all" - and he calmly returned to his seat

Four More Guard Wings Tapped for Upgrade to C-130J Sept. 14, 2023 | By Greg Hadley The Air Force has selected four more Air National Guard wings to transition to the new C-130J Super Hercules, a key inflection point as the Guard modernizes. The C-130Js feature a roomier, “stretched” fuselage, more powerful engines with composite six-blade propellers, and digital avionics and mission computers. That means J’s can fly faster, higher, and farther than the C-130H. The four wings receiving new C-130Js in place of H-models: 103rd Airlift Wing, in Connecticut 120th Airlift Wing, in Montana 133rd Airlift Wing, in Minnesota 182nd Airlift Wing, in Illinois Each wing is getting eight C-130Js, with the timeline to be determined, according to a release. Final approval of the plan is pending as the Air Guard awaits completion of an environmental impact study no later than fiscal 2025. Six other Guard wings are already flying or scheduled to receive the C-130J: 123rd Airlift Wing, in Kentucky 130th Airlift Wing, in West Virginia 136th Airlift Wing, in Texas 143rd Airlift Wing, in Rhode Island 146th Airlift Wing, in California 165th Airlift Wing, in Georgia Additionally, the Arkansas Air National Guard’s 189th Airlift Wing has been selected to host the Guard’s C-130J Formal Training Unit, gaining four C-130Js in addition to its existing C-130H schoolhouse. The 165th Wing in Georgia is the latest unit to make the transition to the J model. Its last C-130H departed Savannah Air National Guard Base, Ga., on Aug. 18, and the newer aircraft are slated to start arriving in December. Once the latest four wings receive their new airframes, the Guard will have more J-models than H’s, with just five units still flying the older model: 139th Airlift Wing, in Missouri 152nd Airlift Wing, in Nevada 153rd Airlift Wing, in Wyoming 166th Airlift Wing, in Delaware 179th Airlift Wing, in Ohio The Guard is catching up to the Active-Duty force, which has already completed its transition from the C-130H. 4 Air National Guard locations chosen for next C-130H to C-130J upgrades Published Sept. 14, 2023 Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The Department of the Air Force selected 103rd Airlift Wing (Hartford, Connecticut), 120th Airlift Wing (Great Falls, Montana), 133rd Airlift Wing (Minneapolis), and 182nd Airlift Wing (Peoria, Illinois), as the preferred locations to receive C-130J Super Hercules to replace their aging C-130Hs, pending the outcome of environmental assessments. A total of eight C-130J aircraft will be used to recapitalize the aging C-130H fleet at each location. This significant series upgrade will require new flight qualification for pilots and loadmasters transitioning airframes. Any excess in manpower due to this shift will be repurposed through the Air National Guard corporate process and will vary by location. The Air National Guard will analyze each unit to determine the bed down sequencing timelines. The Department of the Air Force will now conduct an environmental impact analysis at each location, which are expected to be completed in fiscal year 2025 before a final decision is made. Scott Ward

Using a Flow vs Pressure chart, at 24 PSI flow thru the primer valve should be approximately 7 US gallons in 30 seconds.

Hi everyone…. please tell me location of center wing serial number strip??? how to know center wing serial number???

I was assigned to the AMST SPO at Wright-Patterson from 1976-1980 and was attached to the Test Wing to get my monthly flying time as a loadmaster on the C-130s. I flew on both 55-0022 and 55-0024 for several years. I was immensely gratified to discover that by the time I got there in 1976, both had been converted to 4-bladed props! Have been flying on commercial A-models since 2002, one of which is 55-0008 (N120TG) most recently used in the DARPA GREMLINS program, to deploy and later recover an X-6A from a C-130 (55-0008/N120TG).

C-130H 80-0326, has been repainted to wear C-130H #91-9141 (previously assigned to NFARS) and parked on display at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, NY.

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Is this aircraft still available for sale?

Thank you

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Still hard to troubleshoot with an unknown system.

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Not for what he is seeing and he should be able to duplicate it on the ground. Alt Select isn't going to cause porpoising, that function still comes from the Flight Director Computer.

Bad air data control for the associated side you're hitting Alt Hold on. Your problem isn't an autopilot one, it's a flight director one. What you're seeing is called "Porpoising." Turn on your ADI's/HSI's, hit alt hold, and have someone watch the command bars while you hit the little red button on the air data control of the associated side. If they *DO NOT* see it go offscale, you have discovered the bad ADC. Next swap your Flight Director Computers between each other, if the problem follows, you have your answer. Next check your cable tension. If it is low, you're not getting the proper action out of the feedback loop and you'll see porpoising. If that doesn't work, hook your pitot static tester to one or the other and leak test it. You might be getting cabin pressurized air into that system. Lastly, Do the X formation if you have EFI's, i.e. put your pilot's upper EFI in the copilot's lower, copilot's upper in the pilot's lower, etc. (I'm assuming you're equipped with them and have an H3) otherwise, just swap the ADI/HSI's from side to side and see if the problem persists. If even that doesn't get it figured out for you, check the relay in the back of the hellhole. When you get all the way to the back, it is down on the junction box just fore of the hellhole and it will be the bottom one there. You might have a loose wire/pin or that relay took a crap. Unfortunately, you CAN NOT put the #2 Air Data Control into the #1 position and do a little swapology... well you technically can put it there, but it won't work right.

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165th Airlift Wing bids farewell to last C-130H Hercules A C-130 Hercules aircraft formerly assigned to the 165th Airlift Wing (AW), Savannah Air National Base, Georgia, lifts off the runway at Savannah/Hilton-Head International Airport August 18, 2023. The C-130H Hercules aircraft, which has been flown by Savannah aircrews for 41 years, will continue being flown at the 166th Airlift Wing, Delaware Air National Guard as the 165 AW prepares to receive its first new C-130J Super Hercules aircraft by the end of December 2023.

AD gates but the are rated at 5000 like all the non floor mounted rings.

That is exactly what you are testing but also during test you "simulate" the wheels rotating (lights out) and the system control box should "release the brakes" (lights come on)

Some non operator somewhere calculated the flow rate and figured it was long enough based on the size of the pipes... But FWIW based on the pump rated output and the size of the pipe as well as the distance needed to travel one could (or has) figure out how much time is needed.

Closed keeps cold air out and prevents cold soaking the oil inside the cooler.