Andy Marden Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 The Castle Air Museum has N466TM listed on their future projects page: http://www.castleairmuseum.org/c130ahercules It was seen at Atwater last month. Does anyone know when it actually arrived please? Thanks, Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Wester Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Well . . . I can straighten this one out. TBM Inc. is based at Castle Airport. C-130A 57-0466 (N466TM) is owned and operated by TBM Inc. and is NOT the aircraft we donated to the Castle Air Museum. TBM previously owned 4 C-130A's including 56-0473 (N473TM), which was formerly flown by Horseman #4 Bill Hatfield in the slot position of Hercules and the Four Horsemen demonstration team. The photo on the Castle Air Museum web page shows a photo of 0466 in flight, but the aircraft we donated to the museum is actually 56-0473 which is shown in the next photo conducting a personnel airdrop in the early 60's over Taiwan. 56-0473 is currently located at Sequoia Field near Visalia California. Work is underway to make the aircraft ferryable and make its final flight to Castle by late spring of 2015. The aircraft will then undergo an approximately year long process of preparation for display on the museum grounds. Fritz Wester TBM Inc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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