Herkfixer77 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 66-0224 is going to the boneyard soon just seeing if anyone on here used to work on/fly her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timcoppin Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 I worked 224 as an assistant crew chief in the Ca. Air Guard from 1983 until Patrick got her in 2000 when we got the MC's. While I was there, she had Dave Cantrell, Wayne Watt and Rommel Struckus her crew chiefs. Took her on numerous SARs and trips, good airplane. 224 has the distinction of assisting in the longest (at that time) over water SAR involving a help. 1986, an ocean going tug, midway between Hawaii and Seattle had an engine room explosion. 224 launched, arrivived on scene, and after dropping a 4 man PJ team, dropped all of the emergency water jugs in the back. After coming home, she sat for a day, then escorted one of our HH-3's out to the USS Ranger(about 1000 miles) that had changed her heading to meet with a Japanese freighter that had changed course to meet the tug. The following day, 224 escorted a Navy C-2 carrying the victims back to the burn center at Stanford hospital. Once the Ranger got to 500 miles out, 224 again went out and escorted the H-3 back. I understand she had to get a new vert stab due o corrosion, and was having center wing issues, and it sure is sad to see her go away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 The first HC-130 for the Boneyard? Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC10FE Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 66-0224 was at Korat RTAFB when I was with the 56th ARRS in 1972. Good airplane. I was the CC on 66-0220 at the time. Don R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Don was 220 ever painted in the old HC gray with the yellow stripe or was it always camo? Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEFEGeorge Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Don was 220 ever painted in the old HC gray with the yellow stripe or was it always camo? Bob I was thinking that it was at Hickam while I was there, but it's been many years so i'm not sure. If it was at Hickam then it was the standard gray/white paint scheme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC10FE Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Don was 220 ever painted in the old HC gray with the yellow stripe or was it always camo? Bob Bob, My year at Korat was my only experience in ARRS and all the 200 series P-models there were in camo. Don R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 (edited) I was having one of those old retired guys, what will I do days and started to see if I could find pics of all the old HC's in the grey paint scheme. There were abunch I could not find. Just wondering if some came out of Lockheed in Camo? Bob Lars says USAF had 78 HC's H,N,P and I found 61 in the gray with yellow racing stripe. Edited January 3, 2012 by bobdaley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC10FE Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 There were abunch I could not find. Just wondering if some came out of Lockheed in Camo? Bob Lars says USAF had 78 HC's H,N,P and I found 60 in the gray with yellow racing stripe. Bob, From the pics I have of HC-models is one that came from you, 66-0221. That would lead me to believe that 66-0220 was also originally in the gray scheme. Could you post a list of your missing gray models? Just a cursory scan through my collection, I found 4089, 4094 & 4097 with the yellow stripe. Don R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 (edited) Don 4038-64-14854 JHC, 4073-64-14857 JHC, 4081-64-14858 JHC, 4132-65-0980, 4156-65-0993, 4157-65-0994,[ 4161-66-0211, 4162-66-0212, 4163-66-0213, 4164-66-0214, 4165-66-0215, 4166-66-0216, 4173-66-0217, 4174-66-0218, 4175-66-0219, 4179-66-0220 probably originally Camo], 4363-69-5819 Bob Edited January 3, 2012 by bobdaley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herkfixer Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 I was thinking that it was at Hickam while I was there, but it's been many years so i'm not sure. If it was at Hickam then it was the standard gray/white paint scheme. The HC-130P's with the 6594th were 65-0992, 66-0223 and 66-0225, I was assistant on 0992, until I got my "B" model in '82. 73, Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 (edited) 66-0224 is now reported in AMARG, the Boneyard Bob Edited January 4, 2012 by bobdaley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EOR Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 just saw 224 in November. http://www.flickr.com/photos/eor1/6585133735/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.