Guest Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Good afternoon, I have, in my possession, a small panel from this aircraft. Can anyone tell me if she's still flying ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 321 is sitting iiin AMARC, the boneyard in Tucson Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 What a waste of an aeroplane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC130LOAD1 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Actually 321 (and the other two LC-130F's and the LC-130R) that are at DM have been operated to the point that they need to go through a complete rework (SDLM or Depot level maintenance) before they could be used again. VX-30 pulled XD-06 (320) out of the boneyard is it had the most hours avalible before an overhaul was required. They operated it for about 5 years. Then there's that one little sticking point - those planes actually belong to the National Science Foundation and not the Navy. Finally, there are not too many C-130B's or C-130F's out there in the .us.mil fleet these days. The NYANG has enough planes to accomplish their tasking, I seriously doubt that they would want three used LC-130F's in their fleet. There's a reason why the NYANG and the NSG did not take XD-04 (LC-130R) and convert it to LC-130H specs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Thank you for that information. I've got quite a bit of information on this aircraft, and am still finding more out about it. Being a civilian hasn't stopped my interest in military aircraft. The 130 is one I'm passionate about. Thank you again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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