P3_Super_Bee Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 C/N:5681 73J08 is slated to be aircraft #36 over the fence for this year. She has made it to Body Mate in Final Assembly. Not sure where she will end up or a tail number, as there is no ID sticker on the fuselage(Being a 73J, she is an HC/MC bird, most likely a MC as the other two in line with her are MC's). Not sure if it was removed because of a line shuffle / destination shuffle, or simply a squawk was discovered in the area, and the sticker was removed to allow repair of the squawk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jansen Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Incidentally, 5677 #168072 is the 46th KC-130J and the last for the active duty USMC. It will be the 2400th Herk to be built (LM doesn't count the prototypes), and should be going into paint in the next couple of weeks. C/N:5681 73J08 is slated to be aircraft #36 over the fence for this year. She has made it to Body Mate in Final Assembly. Not sure where she will end up or a tail number, as there is no ID sticker on the fuselage(Being a 73J, she is an HC/MC bird, most likely a MC as the other two in line with her are MC's). 5681 will be tail #08-6202, confirmed MC-130J. However, I have 5682 #08-6203 as the 36th delivery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
res1122 Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Very informative point you mention here. I like it.HostGator Site Hosting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC10FE Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 It will be the 2400th Herk to be built (LM doesn't count the prototypes Jansen, Since I'm basically a retired lazy person, I'm not going to go through Lars' book counting the number of Hercs built, but does that 2,400 include the three commercial Hercs that Lockheed denies having been built -- N82178 (55048), N8213G (5055) and N8218J (5056)? Don R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jansen Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 ...does that 2,400 include the three commercial Hercs that Lockheed denies having been built -- N82178 (55048), N8213G (5055) and N8218J (5056)? Don R. Yes, that is including the ones that don't fly for a certain agency, so LM may use 5680 MC-130J 08-6201 as the poster boy for Hercules #2400. My list doesn't include 5057, 5356, 5357, 5359, or 5436-5439. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3_Super_Bee Posted August 2, 2011 Author Share Posted August 2, 2011 Incidentally, 5677 #168072 is the 46th KC-130J and the last for the active duty USMC. It will be the 2400th Herk to be built (LM doesn't count the prototypes), and should be going into paint in the next couple of weeks. 5681 will be tail #08-6202, confirmed MC-130J. However, I have 5682 #08-6203 as the 36th delivery. Everyone here keeps saying 5681 as the 36th. So who knows. I think they make shit up as they goes when it comes to this stuff... Another thing LM likes to do is change up the wording... Back when the first two 73J's roled down the line... The first one was labeled as the 199th "J" Built and the second as the "J" 200th built. But then when it came time for the rollout the 1st one was the "200th" J to be delievered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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