Guest Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 [ATTACH=CONFIG]4482[/ATTACH] Aviation Week is approaching its 100th anniversary in 2016. In a series of blogs, their editors are highlighting editorial content from the magazine's long and rich history, including viewpoints from the industry's most iconic names and stories that have helped change the shape of the industry. One of those reports is a December 3, 1956 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology. Take a look here: USAF Receives Highly Versatile C-130 (part 1) USAF Receives Highly Versatile C-130 (part 2) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Casey Could not get the links to work? Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Bob, Just rechecked the links and they are working on my end. Anyone else having trouble with them? --Casey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Bob, They worked for me, I can try and send you the PDF's they a large but I can try. Let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry myers Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Casey, Works okay for me. Yesterday and today. Myers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Thanks, it is probably the very low speeds I get here in Panama. I'll check them when I get home. Thanks again Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectre623 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Great read Casey. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T56 GUY Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Are you visiting Panama.y wife is from there. Any C-130 work there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Only saw one C-130 on the cargo ramp at Tocumen. No 130's based in Panama that I know of. My wife is from Bocas Del Toro. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerfManJ Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Are those B-47s in the background production line? I think that line ran through 1957. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 53-1972 was the last B-47 built at Marietta. They built them in Seattle, Tulsa and Marietta. Probably rolled out about 1955. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerfManJ Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Perhaps it is a B-47 mod line? With that swept wing, the only other thing it could be is a JetStar, but that didn't fly until 1957 and it's too small anyway. My curiosity is peaked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry myers Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Perhaps it is a B-47 mod line? With that swept wing, the only other thing it could be is a JetStar, but that didn't fly until 1957 and it's too small anyway. My curiosity is peaked. Kevin, Aircraft on the far line are indeed B-47s. I'm guessing this is a mod line because the closest aircraft has a fin stripe. One, most likely, would not find this stripe on a new aircraft coming down the production line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerfManJ Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Larry, good catch on the tail stripe. The B-47 was a beautiful leap in aircraft design. It's strange to think that B-47 production was winding down as the C-130s started rolling out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectre623 Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 I went to tech school on B-47's at Amarillo AFB Tx. in 1963 and was very interested in the article. A little research on the net shows 394 B-47's built at Lockheed as well as 28 modified for "Weather Recon and Atmospheric Sampling". Those were probably the ones with the stripe on the vertical fin as noted above. Also a bit of interest that is well known at Dobbins ARB ( which shares the runway with Lockheed) is about the B-47 that crashed into the lake at the on-base Fam Camp. They still won't let you fish in the lake because of the contamination. The lake is within a stones throw of where The C-130 HTTB crashed in 1993. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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