aerotransport Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Any idea which C-130 is being trucked to Ft.Lee ? http://www2.tricities.com/news/2011/jun/18/wingless-c-130-hercules-aircraft-takes-i-81-toward-ar-1116581/ Looks like "58-1341" but this fits with no known aircraft Thx /A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkuest Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 I think it's 58-6973, an HC-13B ground trainer. It was probably renumbered after a local squadron, the 341st. At Sheppard, the engine trainer there, 63-7779 has been renamed T001, which kind of looks like "Tool", so assigning vanity registration numbers doesn't surprise me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff Millen Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 There is also another C-130 at Ft Lee. I RONed there last summer on my way to Boston and as I departed the base(POV) I saw one parked down the street from the Ranger Hqs. Muff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n1dp Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 That is c/n 3542 AF 58-6973 USCG 1341. An old friend lives on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkuest Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 That is c/n 3542 AF 58-6973 USCG 1341. Ah, makes more sense that it's a coastie bird, although it's funny that they combined the AF and Coast Guard serials on the nose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RClark Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 T001 is temporary 001 buildings get power and phones lines airplane don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donwon Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 T001 is temporary 001 buildings get power and phones lines airplane don't. Reminds me of when I was visiting Dyess for a doppler mod with 56 468. A shop worker didn't see my line badge and called a 7 hi on me. When the AP,s got there I handed them my badge but they took me in anyway. When ask where I worked I told the Ac. 6468. After about an hour they told me they couldn't get an answer at 6468. When we went to leave, starting #,s 1 & 2 the Ap,s pulled up and ask the LM for his clearance. The pilot told him to tell the AP,s it was in the plane and he would have to get it. When he came inside we closed the door and started taxeing. The pilot told the tower what was happening and we taxied to the runway and took off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizzard Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 must be the time of year for wingless aircraft.the Hudson River miracle bird came through my area two weeks ago on its way to Charlotte. Now why it came this far west, on I-70/68, and then presumably down I-79 way over in West Virginia I ain't got a clue, I don't think they could have picked a more mountainous route. anyway, i saw it, so I guess that's a plus!!!!!!!!!!! Load clear giz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railrunner130 Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 I'd guess they chose that route due to bridge restrictions. I saw a funky shaped object on a flatbed (I'm thinking it was an F-35 fuselage, but who knows...) going down I-81 about four years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizzard Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Yep, that is probably the reason. We seem to have a pretty high volume of "superdimensional" traffic through here anymore. But with some of the big mountains they have ascend or descend, it is amazing they don't clobber in somewhere. Just here from the Allegany county line to the Garret County line they have 50 miles or so of mountains. Guess it is better than draggin the top of the load off on an underpass. Those drivers have got some big ones. Giz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 CG 1341 a B which had been a trainer at Lackland AFB was USAF 58-6973. For some reason at Lackland it was painted 58-1341. The other E model at Ft Lee is 64-0527. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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