aerotransport Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-08-25-Philippines_N.htm MANILA (AP) — A C-130 military transport aircraft disappeared shortly after takeoff in the southern Philippines with nine crew on board, and authorities launched a search and rescue operation, an official said Tuesday. The C-130 aircraft, one of two operated by the air force, lost contact within two minutes of taking off from Davao International Airport at 11:50 p.m. Monday (1550 GMT), and search efforts focused on a 20-mile (30-kilometer) radius around the airport, said Lt. Col. Pedrito Cadungong. only 2 active Herk in PAF ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cobra935o Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Could be, the planes were in sad shape the last time I was down there in 2001-2002, they couldnt afford to send them to depot, so they would park em, and let em go to hell. They used to fly it seems two or three of them all the time. I sent some pics to Bob awhile back that showed the boneyard they had going down there in Mactan. Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 It was 4593 Last I heard the Phillipine AF had only 3 Flyable Herks, and recently only 2 had been flying, including the one that crashed. I also heard that they were planning on selling for scrap all the ones in the boneyard at Mactan. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fräulein Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Swan 38 came to mind. Update: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080826/ap_on_re_as/philippines_plane_missing He called the C-130 a \"very reliable all-weather aircraft.\" Yes. When you take care of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herkeng Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Latest news out of the PI: MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Air Force (PAF) is not dismissing the possibility that lightning could have caused the crash of a C-130 transport plane off Davao last Monday despite the fact that it was equipped with a lightning arrester. “Although it has an arrester, we will investigate the degree of the lighting... because that is a possibility,†said PAF chief Lt. Gen. Pedrito Cadungog, who flew to Mactan airbase in Lapu-Lapu City Wednesday aboard a commercial plane to personally attend to the grieving family of the pilots and crewmembers of the aircraft. Cadungog said they will pursue the angle based on an eyewitness account that said lightning struck the area shortly before the burning aircraft was seen plummeting into the water. “He (witness) said that a lightning struck and he saw the plane into flames before it crashed. All of that will be subjected to scientific expert evaluation by our investigation team,†Cadungog said. He said other angles that investigators are considering are pilot factor and materiel failure. The plane, acquired in 1983 through the United States financing program, had taken off from the Davao City airport and was on its way to Iloilo City to fetch personnel from the Presidential Security Group when it met the tragedy. It was being piloted by Maj. Manuel Zambrano and Capt. Adrian de Dios and had seven crewmembers. Asked if there was an indication that there was an explosion prior to the crash, the Air Force chief said, “None, none.â€.... “Even the eyewitness did not describe it (aircraft) as exploding. What he said is that there was lightning,†he said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Manuel Zambrano with Bill Wirstrom at Mactan. A good guy, he posted on the old Herk HQ site. Bob [img size=1200]http://herkybirds.com/images/fbfiles/images/Bill_and_Manny.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tints97 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 sonar image from USN of 4593 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tints97 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 hi guys, i have with me a sonar picture taken by a USN ship that helped locate 4593 in the Davao Gulf but im having hard time posting... :S a bit newbie in posting pix in this forum a little instruction on how will be highly appreciated :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fräulein Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 In the reply to post field there are several little \"boxes\" above the reply field. They are : B i U quote code ul ol li img URL Hide. Click the one that says Img. It should give you something that looks like this > {img size=150}{/img} put the address/url of the image in between the brackets. So it looks like this {img}and the internet URL/address of wherever the image is stored online. cant be direct from the c drive{/img} Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Wilson Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Tints97 If your having too much problem figuring out how to post the pix just email em to me and I will host it for you. [email protected] Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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