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C-130 Hercules

Missile Airlift Champion

67 1/2 tons big, 6-miles-a-minute fast, the Lockheed C-130 can land on and take off from short, rough fields, sand, snow and ice. It climbs like a fighter, cruises at altitudes over the weather—and can transport 92 combat-ready troops or 20 tons of heavy combat equipment. The Hercules can fly distances up to 4000 miles.

Powered by four GM-Allison Prop-jets, the C-130 has been rewriting the record books ever since it entered service for the U. S. Air Force over two years ago. No other combat cargo plane can do so many personnel and cargo hauling jobs so well, so fast, so economically.

9O% of all missiles in use today can be transported in the C-130's fully pressurized cargo compartment. 20 tons of pallet-loaded cargo can be winched in or out in 40 seconds!

Huge hydraulically-operated 9-foot by 10-foot aft cargo door of C-130 will accommodate trucks, tanks, heavy field equipment—and pallet-loaded cargoes of 20 tons.

LOCKHEED

GEORGIA DIVISION, MARIETTA, GEORGIA, U.S.A.

PROP-JET TRANSPORTS/AIR FREIGHTERS
JET UTILITY TRAINERS/TRANSPORTS • NUCLEAR-POWERED AIRCRAFT • NUCLEAR PRODUCTS • AIRCRAFT MODERNIZATION / MODIFICATION GROUND HANDLING EQUIPMENT • MISSILE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT                   APRIL 1959