pjvr99 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 A/c 405 had a little oops at AFB Waterkloof this afternoon .... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casey Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Retract on engine start? The AF had a J do that a while back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjvr99 Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 Seems like it. we'll wait for the BoI to figure it out ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NATOPS1 Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 On 4/22/2020 at 4:53 PM, casey said: Retract on engine start? The AF had a J do that a while back. 3 and 4 do not drive the Hyd system used to retract the gear and it looks like only those two engines were started (because they are now feathered) so this is a mystery... unless this is an A model that still has the hyd systems split between the wings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjvr99 Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 Correct. Info at this time is they were starting up. 3 & 4 were running. When 2 was rotated, the nose gear retracted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectre623 Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 It don't appear to be an A model as it has fuel dump masts on the wing tips. I can only see one drain mast on the bottom of the engines also as the A model has two drain masts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjvr99 Posted April 26, 2020 Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 12 hours ago, Spectre623 said: It don't appear to be an A model as it has fuel dump masts on the wing tips. I can only see one drain mast on the bottom of the engines also as the A model has two drain masts. it is a C130B, redesignated C130BZ after glass cockpit, APU and other upgrades and mods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectre623 Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Do you know the Lockheed SN or AF tail # ? I crewed B models at Clark 69-70. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 21 hours ago, Spectre623 said: Do you know the Lockheed SN or AF tail # ? I crewed B models at Clark 69-70. It appears to be SAAF 405 which was a C-130B later modified to a C-130BZ , Lockheed S/N 3765 originally assigned to the 28 Squadron. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectre623 Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Thanks Sonny. I see in Lars book it has -15 engines and strengthened wings and yep it is still in the South Africa AF. I'll bet that sucker is a real hot rod! The B model was my favorite of all the Herks I worked on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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