KarlK Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Can anyone tell me what the thin horizontal bar above the nose and below the center windscreen is? Is this a landing light? I just viewed your picture of the C-130J in Iceland and it also shows this horizontal bar above the nose. I am building a plastic model of the Blue Angels C-130 Fat Albert and I noticed this bar appearing on the current "Fat Albert" but not on the older versions. KarlK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wightgus Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 I believe what your asking about is a hinge cover, that covers the radome hinge for swinging up the radome for service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarlK Posted August 7, 2009 Author Share Posted August 7, 2009 Thanks for your replay! I didn't think it was a light, being rectangular, but I wonder why you don't see this cover on earlier models? Karlk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wightgus Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 They have been there. I have been on C-130s since 1994. When AMC went to the gray ghost paint, it made them hard to see, as there gray as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarlK Posted August 7, 2009 Author Share Posted August 7, 2009 Thanks for your help! That would make sense. I quess I questioned it because if you see earlier versions of "Fat Albert" the yellow nose paint is painted over the hinge thereby hiding it. This years version you can actually see the silver or grey hinge cover that is not colored Blue Angel Yellow. KarlK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaprad Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Just a little useless knowledge, we always called it the "Band-Aid Patch" since it looks like the plane has a Band-aid on it's nose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyclark Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 I thought it was the band-aid panel. Either way, it covers the hinge point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c130dcc Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 the reason you don't see it on the earlier models like the C-130A's is because the A model nose didn't have a hinge it was just held on by bolts. i'm not sure if the B's had it or if that improvement came with the E's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ang012 Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 The B models raised like the E models Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mt.crewchief Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 the reason you don't see it on the earlier models like the C-130A's is because the A model nose didn't have a hinge it was just held on by bolts. i'm not sure if the B's had it or if that improvement came with the E's[/quote I wish you hadn't mentioned the radome on the A-Model! Changing them was one of the "Air Force Memories" I would have rather forgotten! Ken Carlson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyclark Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Speaking of radome bolts... I opened the radome on Talon 1 at Rhein Main, and red x'd it of course. The aircraft took off and landed at another base, and they noticed the radome was loose. Turns out the guy that signed it off from the truck had a 3 level go make sure the bolts were installed in the radome. They sure were, well, at least the dummy bolts on the outside edge were. He never looked inside at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c130dcc Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 lol, sorry about that i know your pain i worked them only two years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC10FE Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Back in the late 1970's we had a 37th crew depart Rhein Main to do some short field work at Grafenwoer & when they landed there & reversed the props, the radome blew up and locked. I'm sure some heads rolled on that one, too. Don R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyclark Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I believe that was the one, are you sure it was a 37th crew? Hell, could have been a regular AWADS bird too, I've slept since then. They called me late that night and asked me if I was sure I red X'd it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC10FE Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Tiny, Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was a 37th bird. I remember the FE was named Fred something; an ex-C-141 FE that couldn't get past a checkride & was finally put into maintenance control. Don R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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