C-130 General
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Sorry for the intrusion by a non flyer, but I am looking for online reference regarding the placement and configuration of the electroluminescent formation lights on a C-130H. The info is for the purposes of detailing a 1/25 scale flying RC model. I have included simulated lights for the fuselage and vertical stab since they are readily visible in most photos. Photos that show the slime lights on the top and bottom of the wings, fuselage and horizontal stab are harder to find. Is anyone here familiar with any photos or diagrams that would help? Thanks for your time. Photo attached is the model I am working on with a 1/25 scale Humvee for reference. …
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While there was only 5 of us on the crew it took thousands to get is in and keep us in the air. I want to thank all the Crew Chiefs that made sure we had a good airplane each day. They stayed as log as it took to get the airplane back in the "Green". Thanks to all the MX guys that fixed the planes we "broke". The fuelers that topped us off. The list goes on forever. For ever one of us that had wings there was 50,000 to support us. I especially want to thank the great Pilots that brought me home every night. I was 19 and thought these guys were old men..Most were in their late 20s. Happy veterans day to all of you.
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Hello any body knows about in which location on centre wing pt no/ s no strip is installed on C130.
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I'm not sure where this post belongs as the VA claims threads are no longer on the site. Until a few months ago the word RAMP was where we parked the airplane or what I lowered to load rolling stock. I never parked on a Tarmac and never used that word until I heard it on CNN. At FedEx it was still a Ramp. I have had a hearing claim in the Black Hole since late 2014. No one could give me any information as to the progress or when I might get a decision. It was in the appeals process. In the Spring I got a letter from the VA inviting me to move my appeal out of the "legacy" appeals process and into the new RAMP (Rapid Appeals Modernization Process) system. My first thought …
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Pay particular attention at approximately the 1:40 mark when he performs a loop
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http://derbosoft.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=furtherafield&action=display&thread=2445&page=4 Found this link to a lot of C130 photos
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I'm trying to locate Pilot and/or Loadmaster Checklists (Amplified, or Abbreviated) for LAPES. Please check your attics, basements, garages, or the dusty archives of your computer for any electronic copies that you may have stashed away "just in case" you might ever need them again. Will pay photo copying/shipping costs for hard copies. PM me if able to assist. Mark
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I heard that a couple of C-130's were parked at Cubi Point so I drove out there to take a look. They are MC-130J's belonging to the 17thSOS here for Balikatan 2018. Tails are # 5761 and # 5762.
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I've been searching for hours, what is the difference in equipment/instrumentation/etc. between a TC-130 and a C-130? I know the TC- is a training aircraft but is there any true difference between a TC-130 and a C-130 other than the job it has?
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Anybody know a limit on time from ngi to lsgi? Don’t think there is one but crew is giving hard time. Also any ideas of a cause. Takes about 5 seconds to stabalize
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Anyone know of any reunions coming up for the C-130,s. Thanks
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hi everyone, we always been told the clevis bolts on truss mounts (4 on each center and 2 on each outer truss mounts) are hard landing indicators, if any of them found sheared it means the aircraft suffered a hard landing.. I tried to find this info in the manuals many times but couldn't.. even started to doubt about it I am sure there is a purpose of the special way to install them leaving 0.020-0.040" gap and the restrictions about over-sizing their holes anybody have a clue about it?
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Hello guys... I need some information here. Is there any limitation for xcover cut. Example xover cut tit is around 880tit but stabilize at 825tit...is it OK or not
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C-130 crashes near Libyan oilfield April 29, 2018 (by Asif Shamim) - A Libyan C-130 Hercules crashed shortly after takeoff on Sunday April 29th after departing an airfield near El Sharara oilfield, killing three people, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced. Civilian L100-30 #5A-DOM Chartered by Akakus Oil crashed during take-off, 2km from the Sharara oilfield, after delivering 18 tonnes of catering and maintenance supplies. on April 29th, 2018. [Unknown photographer] The C-130 (belie…
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Link: https://news.usni.org/2018/04/02/congress-accelerates-funding-new-navy-c-130t-propeller-replacement-program?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB 4/3/18&utm_term=Editorial - Military - Early Bird Brief Article if the link is broken: The Navy will regain a significant heavy airlift capability a bit sooner than anticipated, after lawmakers accelerated funding needed to get the service’s fleet of C-130T aircraft back in the air. The four-engine turboprop C-130T aircraft is the backbone of the Navy’s supply and personnel transportation system. However, 8…
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Consider any matters regarding engine of this aircraft
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I read something (I think it was Air Force Magazine website or the AFA website) that mentioned that the omnibus budget includes 6 J-models destined for the Air National Guard. If this is true, where are they going? I heard Louisville was campaigning for them. I think the number six comes from the theory that six stretches carry the same load as eight shorties. It's a bad theory, but I'm not here to argue that.
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I have come across this kit that I can't find any information on. When I research the military part numbers it shows as being for use on some of the C130 variants. This is basically just a cable and pulley kit but there are some things that raise my curiosity factor. It is in a very nicely made box, It has steel cable with hooks, It has three heavy duty roller brackets that appear to be used to pass the cable around corners. But the two cable blocks appear to be very light duty. The hooks are lightweight and the pulleys appear to be made of a phenolic material so not much load capacity there. I asked at the local foresty service flight office and they thought it was used …
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Excellent article on the Mighty Herc from AF Times: https://www.airforcetimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2018/01/24/the-c-130-hercules-is-the-perfect-airlifter/?utm_source=clavis
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62-1799 and 62-1859 arrived Mildehall yesterday with no markings. Going To? Can anyone help? Thanks Bob
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Nevermind, can't seem to delete this. I am making a box with radio shack parts.
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Nope, not basic training. Had 49 close friends an arms length away. Not Sewart, drove back to Tupelo with family.......Christmas Day 1970....I had rotated back From TSN to CCK a week earlier. Just before leaving The Merlin hotel all of my best friends had checked in over a few day period. Me and the engineer packed up and checked out and rotated back to CCK. Got back to an almost empty barracks. They rest of my posse was in BKK. After a couple of days I called the scheduler and begged for a shuttle back to TSN. Everybody but me was in Saigon seeing the CBC band then back to the roof top of the Merlin to party some more. No crews going in country fro a couple of days. He …
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What are some of the weird/funny/illegal/interesting loads you've hauled or heard of hauled in your time? I've heard that there was a crew that took a POV on the road with them so they would have a set of wheels while they were there. Not sure how true that is... Would love to see some pictures!
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Back in the mid 1960's while stationed at Sewart AFB I remember reading a article in the Safety Magazine about a Crew Chief in the Azors who was trying to get some sticky tar off the bottom of the fuselage so he sprayed JP-4 on the fuselage using a low pressure air compressor. The next thing he knew the aircraft had caught on fire and was severely damaged. A couple of months later returning from a TDY to Mildenhall AB, Eng, I passed through Lages AB, Azores, and happened to see that same aircraft resting on cradles in a hanger. The fuselage was severely damaged, the aluminum was melted on the bottom of the fuselage and the landing gears were damaged. Do you know if the…
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i have attached battery part number ipc page.what's the meaning of "PFD SPARES" of part catalogue I have mentioned bellow
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