C-130 Historical
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Hi Folks! Our C54 is stageing out of Wheeling WV airport for the AUG airshows in the Midwest. Doing Yipsilani Mich,Omaha NEB & Witchita KAN.Our C54 Flying Museum is all about the History & Legacy of the Berlin Airlift & has many displays & memorabilia & showcases inside HER fuselage & the muriels on the ceiling,of the C54 landing at Templehof airport. A very unique & special Classic Proptransport Keeping History ALIVE of the BIG LIFT! Also we are making good progress in getting our Boeing C97G ready for HER return to the skies once again! #3 engine has to be installed yet & then we can test run all 4 P&W 4360s once again! All our spares…
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I was looking at some pics today on the web and came across some of the test bed bird that was at Dobbins in the 80s--N130X--in one of the pictures there is a C-130 parked next to it and it seems to have the HF antenna that is presently on the J models. My eyes may be deceiving me but I didn\'t think that this was something that was around in 1985. Just curious. Oh and lastly I did not take the picture, the good man\'s name is posted on the bottom left. http://www.airliners.net/photo/Lockheed/Lockheed%20L-100-20/HTTB%20Hercules%20(L-382E)/0199863/L/&width=1024&height=659&sok=&photo_nr=3&prev_id=0764729&next_id=NEXTID
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Hello, I was wondering that someone has some photo of this bird during action. This aircraft is now being converted to a C130H and will fly end of 2008. Many thanks
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Does anyone know the identity of the ex USCG HC-130B fuselage which sits at Waco/TSTC please? It has been there since at least Oct99, and was still present in Sep06. There can\'t be many candidates. Regards, Andy Marden
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Hey, I am looking for books or articles that discuss the use of the C-130 by the Marines or more specifically in a ground support role. I am looking for this for a research paper. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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My dad flew C-130\'s in Viet Nam, Cambodia in \'72,\'73. He was out of Mcconell in Kansas. Any idea of Squaron #, pictures of? Thanks, Gabe
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Hi I got a request for info on an accident in SEA. Son of a casualty. 61-2649 took off from Hue Phu Bai going to Danang. It crashed 15 miles East South East of Hue. I ran a line on a google earth map and it showed a hill in that area right on the coast but the top of it was only 1500 feet. Lars said it hit a hill. 1500 feet 15 miles from the airport? in daylight!! trying to stay under the clouds?? I\'ve seen things done like that but??? AF says it was an accident and not combat related, but not much more. Anyone remember it? What happened? Crew was Maj Anderson, LC Braybrooke, Capt Burkett, A1c Rehm and A2C Ruyff. Aircraft belonged to 773 TAS Mactan Thanks Bob
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Show coming up on the Weather Channel, Sun, 27 Jan, 9 pm EST, When weather changed history, Operation Eagle Claw
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Dolittle Raiders
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There will be a four-ship re-enactment of the Dolittle Raiders takeoff at Duke Field during the \"Dolittle Raiders\' Homecoming\" planned for May 28-31 In Fort Walton Beach, FL. http://www.nwfdailynews.com/article/13231 More good info.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doolittle_Raid
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BAHF C54 <Flying Museum>is back in the skies once again for the 2008 airshow season now in FLA for all of April.Doing some special events with the Famous CANDY Bomber,COL.Gail Halvorsen of the Berlin Airlift fame.He dropped Candy Parachutes to the children during the 1948/49 Berlin Airlift.We attend about 30 shows & events a year around the USA.Last year we started the season off with a trip to old Ramey AFB in Puerto Rico for a special event with the Ramey Historical Association. see us at www.spiritoffreedom.org for some nice pics & info. THANKS, JR
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please any one has an eval. test for flight engineer
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Jacob DeShazer of Salem took part in World War II\'s legendary Doolittle Raid, endured more than three years as a Japanese prisoner of war and later teamed up with his wife, Florence, to serve as a Methodist missionary in Japan for nearly 30 years. DeShazer, 95, died Saturday night at the Lancaster Village assisted-living facility, said Ruth Kutrakun, the youngest of the couple\'s five children. Full Story: http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080318/NEWS/803180337
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VMGR 152 recently retired the oldest KC-130F to the yard. http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,163569,00.html?wh=news
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Regarding the picture of SAT\'s 907SJ in the Sudan. Was that the one where they used a baobab tree to hang the old engine in lieu of a stand? If so that is really field expedient maint.
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1274
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This is just a quick tail flash from 1274 back in the day. Dan
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Back with you Herky folks again & love all the pics & news about the great 130 aircraft! The STRATman(me)is back at the hangar again in Brooklyn at FBF pressing on with our project our C97G & now doing winter maintenance on our C54Skymaster to get HER ready for the airshow circuit for the 2008 season.
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Does anyone know the names of the individuals in the picture of the Desert One Crew Republic in front of 62-1809? I would like to know the name of the black guy in the first row, third from the left. I believe he was a loadmaster we flew with out of CCK in 1971-72. Thanks.
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Casey has a picture of the week this week, of a Herk with the name The Cheater over the crew door. My guess an A model flare ship?? Anyone know which Herk this is? Thanks Bob
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Does anyone have any close ups of the two rails attached to the bottom of the upper rear cargo door of Rescue HC-130Hs/Ns/Ps? I believe that when the door was raised in-flight, the rails were connected to overhead rails in the cargo bay and were used to lift and drop the air rescue package. Does anyone have more detailed information on its use? This is for a modeler who is building an HC-130P. Also, the 33rd ARRS had the MAC badge and Rescue tail band on a SEA camo bird in the mid 70s. Does anyone know the tail number so I can look it up in your photo library? Also, does anyone know of the tail number of the HC-130Ps that supported HH-53s on the Son Tay Raid? Any help …
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Hello all, im new here. Recently put a scale radio controlled herc (100inch wingspan) into the air, and stupidly forgot about the time. She ran out of fuel on rhs two engines on climbout after low (approx 20feet) slow pass...and well...crashed. I need to build a new fueselage to replace the original and do not have any scale plans as the original kit was an ARF (almost ready to fly). Can anyone help me out with scale herky bird plans??? [img size=640]http://herkybirds.com/images/fbfiles/images/Herc_crash_photo.jpg
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Does anyone know the names of the special paint used on early Combat Talons? I don\'t think that there would be a FS number for them. This is for Mark S who will be releasing a decal sheet of various Combat Talons. 1. He wants to know if there is a FS number 2. He list the colors as black and tan. 3. He mentions a short dash 7 and a long dash 15 engines. Someone said that one color was SAC Bomber Tan, although it looked green. The tan on B-52s was a reddish brown and not like the green on Combat Talons. Mark has also gotten information that the dash 7 and dash 15 engines were of different length. I think he is refering to someone who has lengthened the engines to th…
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I\'ve been away from the Herk HQ for sometime, wow, what a change! Does anyone know what the #\'d AF was at Pope in the late 80\'s? Thanks in advance for your help.
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A 44-year-old C-130 tactical airlifter that received a Purple Heart during the Vietnam War and has been operating in Southwest Asia has flown its last combat mission. Capt. Christopher Moore reports that the veteran Hercules, No. 63-7865, accumulated more than 29,500 flying hours over its service. It now goes back to Ramstein AB, Germany, its current assignment, before making the trip to the Boneyard at the Davis-Monthan Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center.
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Remember: The cold Singha beer at James Jewelers. San Mig with the fired-on label. Taiwan beer (binjo water). \"I love you no sh**t, GI!\" \"You numba one, GI!\" \"You numba ten, GI!\" (Could be spoken in the same breath with previous sentence) Flying in AUX VENT on the 2230 block \"body snatcher.\" K-K-K-K-Katy\'s just outside Tan Son Nhut. The \"Massatwosh**ts\"
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I was digging thru some stuff in the loft the other day and stumbled on some old video\'s. There was one where our Herk got stuck while operating as a bladder bird. In Bolivia must have been in the 80\'s. I can remember it was a real bad week, only to get worst when we got out of the first hole only too get in other and this time we knocked off no.4 prop. And I still remember the CCT guy telling us \" this area is good cause I checked it myself\", yeah!! Anyways if someone can give me a clue on how too transfer from VHS to something that I can share. Let me know?
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