C-130 Historical
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C-130A-II
by Guest FritzWester- 16 replies
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I am hoping to hook up with a \"mature\" A-II FE who can explain to me why the A-II electrical system was set up the way it was. :S Fritz
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I'm working on a history project of the old 'A' models which were once assigned to the 118th TAW (Tennessee Air National Gauard) in Nashville. I can find very little info on 55-0027, other than a few tidbits here and there. I'd like more info on the operational life of this aircraft for this history project. Thanks!
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I'm working on a history project of the old 'A' models which were once assigned to the 118th TAW (Tennessee Air National Gauard) in Nashville. I can find very little info on 55-0027, other than a few tidbits here and there. I'd like more info on the operational life of this aircraft for this history project. Thanks!
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Just saw this link over at a modeling web site I visit. Neat pics and info on "Heavy Chain" stuff that I've never heard of before... http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=195144 Mark
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In researching the C-130 'A' Models once assigned to the 118th/105th TAW, I can find VERY LITTLE information on 56-0485. The only information I have been able to find thus far is as follows: This aircraft entered AMARC on 17 October 2002 and was assigned AMARC # CF090 and was last reported on AMARC’s records on 19 July 2002. According to records, the aircraft was subsequently transferred to Dross Metals (DMI) also known as Aircraft Restoration and Marketing (ARM). This aircraft also appears on the DMI scrapyard inventory list in the AMARC database. J. Baugher’s accounting of 56-0485 is as follows: 485 (c/n 182-3093) to AMARC as CF0090 Jul 6, 1990. …
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I'm working on a history project of the old 'A' models which were once assigned to the 118th TAW (Tennessee Air National Gauard) in Nashville. I can find very little info on 55-0027, other than a few tidbits here and there. All that I know about this particular bird is that she was said to have been wiped out sometime in April 1975 in Viet Nam. However, that's about all I can find on her. I'd like more info on the operational life of this aircraft for this history project. Thanks!
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I'm working on a history project of the old 'A' models which were once assigned to the 118th TAW (Tennessee Air National Gauard) in Nashville. I can find very little info on 55-0028, other than a few tidbits here and there. I'd like more info on the operational life of this aircraft for this history project. Thanks!
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I'm working on a history project of the old 'A' models which were once assigned to the 118th TAW (Tennessee Air National Gauard) in Nashville. I can find very little info on 55-0027, other than a few tidbits here and there. I'd like more info on the operational life of this aircraft for this history project. Thanks!
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No More JATO For Fat Albert :(
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I had the opportunity to sit in the center escape hatch for a JATO take off at the Dayton Air Show in 1997. I'm sad to see the tradition die. http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/10/marine_blue_angels_jato_102909w/
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I just thought I'd ask these questions to see what kind of trips you all had in the past. My best was from Pope in '93 on a St.Croix channel.The whole crew was extremely cool,got to spend a night in Jamaica,and even got to fly the acft (on autopilot of course) for about 5 minutes on the way back to Pope, and the worst was; on an out an' back mission in Desert Storm when a tac gen went out in Oman.The omanis wouldnt let us borrow a maint stand,so me an the other CC,Steve Moles, had to use the ladder fully extended,leaned up on the prop cowling trying to change that damn thing! We used all of the gen pads & ran the eng each time to no avail, and had to spend the night t…
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I just realized I posted this in technical! Well technically they are nice views!! I was looking at flight deck pics and came across these of the clouds and approaching Taegu Korea (I think). I would move them to General or Historical, but don't know how! Thanks for looking, Ken
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On a humorous note, I would like to hear about some of the in-flight antic's that we have all pulled form time to time in our illustrious career's. To start the thread, I'll give you all a good one. 1979 w/ the 17TAS, we had a Instr. Nav that loved his cigar's, and with sure fired cockiness he smoked those things in flight. A real pr--k in every sense. Well, the AC got one of his Dutch Master's from his satchel, and creatively unpacked tobacco, inserted a firecracker, and then repacked the stogie. He placed it back in the pack so it was readily available inserted slightly out of the pack. As you all can well imagine, he was puffing away a few hours later and BANG! …
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Many years ago there was a sheaf of papers that comprised the Herk Galley Cook Book. Does anyone have a copy and/or any of the recipes for the concoctions that were made Kurt
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Okay..........(sigh!!!!!!) To get this idiot off my back (e-mail actually) I am making a request and/or vote. Can this so called "Loren Cooper" come back after a seven year absence? Vote away............... Kurt
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HINT: They are in the Pacific
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I was at Naha from June 65 till Nov 66. I was an asst. C/C on a c-130. 51 st and 21 st. We had a typhoon that was suppose to hit and one plane that wasn't in shape to fly. It had just got back from IRAN. All the hangers were full so a flight crew was gonna keep it headed into the wend and fly it on the ground. We towed it out in front of base ops and started to refuel it and all of a sudden a row of rivits popped out and fuel started spilling on the ground from the front of the wing to the back. The fire trucks were on us in just a matter of seconds. We got an empty fuel truck and started the defuel fast as we could while the fire dept put foam and water on the sp…
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Four Horsemen Video
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http://jimsutherland.info/fourhorsemenwmv.htm
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http://www.gdargaud.net/Antarctica/DomeCharlie.html Great read and what a job. Sonny
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http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123170360
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Port aft brake is the only one that overheats. We did a check out of the brake system. Found the port forward brake wasn't getting the correct pressure under normal brakes. When emergency brakes were applied, the system pressure was normal at all brakes. The rest of the brakes were operating normal under normal braking. To correct the issue, we found that the anti-skid valve wasn't porting the pressure properly. We also changed the brake half the dust boots melted off. I was thinking it might be the brake fuse on the normal side of the port aft brake. We also had the anti-skid tested. It checked good. Any ideas would be helpfull, thank you!:confused: …
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Heres a video I found over on archive.org Its got everything, Marines, Herks (even some ABCCC stuff), 123's and yeah, more Herks and more Marines. I really disagree with the stupid propaganda statement at the front of the show though, talking about how it proves a ground war can be won from the air:mad: Wow, and here I thought all those marines were busy snuffing gooks but I guess they must have all ground ground service guys eh? Its posted over on my server, its 26 megs and 15 minutes so I would recommend right clicking the link and selecting "save link as" (firefox) or "save target as" (IE) to download it to your hardrive to watch. However if your stuck in the da…
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I've been in contact with the Air Force Historical Records section at Maxwell regarding some articles I've been working on and while I was at it I asked them about the loss of a C-130A from Naha on a leaflet mission to North Korean fighters in August 1963. While they have been unable to find anything in the records, they have advised me that 56-0474, which is shown on Lars Olausson's list as being involved in a defueling fire on August 27. 1963 is shown as having been repaird and reclaimed. Considering that Lars has no information after that fire on that airplane, this is another C-130 mystery. Of course, it's not really a mystery. Obviously they slapped the tail number o…
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i am currently the crew chief on 64-14854 and there are several things on this plane that i am trying to figure out, first is the lox servicing door on the left hand side of the nose. there is nothing behind it anymore, but it does look like there use to be brackets, there is one bracket that is the same as the righthand side lox bottle that holds the servicing/vent lines in place. so if anybody has a clue to what this is all about it would be helpful, also the flare tubes in the cargo door stick out and have shrouds on them is this normal for the original style flare tubes? i'm use to seeing the style on my previous plane 69-5832. also there are what appears to be two ca…
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Back when I was at Yokota, jan 90 to jan 93,we had 63-7803. (which was sold to Tunisia a couple of years ago) It was nicknamed "ghostrider". And even had a pretty cool mural painted on the NAVs table.The story I heard bout that bird was; on a mission in Vietnam,the acft landed after a mission,taxied to the end of the runway,shut down the engs and just sat there.When some folks went to investigate,they opened the crew door to find the whole crew still in their seats, dead. Does anyone know this story or more importantly, what really happened?
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I'm not sure how many here have been following Robins new High Velocity Maintenance, Where they do a partial depot at shorter intervals. I was talking to one of the older guys a while back and heard about the Air Force trying the concept out before in the 70's or 80's, but they missed something on the partial depot and there was some kind of accident. He didn't remember much past that, but I've heard a few stories about it over the years. Does anyone know if it's true and if so, what happened?
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