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The world’s

Biggest airlift bargain.

Those whirling Hercules props are one of the answers to soaring fuel costs.

As fuel prices rise, Hercules looks better and better to nations and airlines that need big airlifters. Or maritime patrol planes. Or photo-mapping planes, forest fire fighters or ski aircraft able to handle Artic conditions.

Whatever the mission, the propjet engines of the versatile Hercules use far less fuel then even the best fanjet engines available. Those whirling blades biting the air will save hundreds of thousands of dollars over the life of each Hercules.

Saving money for nations and airlines has become a habit for Hercules and Lockheed’s airlift experts. It costs millions and millions of dollars less to make a new plane out of an existing one than to build one from scratch. That’s what Lockheed’s airlift experts have been proving for years as they find new ways to make this remarkable plane even move versatile and effective.

Payload is up 23%. Engine power, up20%. Range stretches out 52% farther. Cruse speed is 8% faster. And structural life has risen 100%.

The Twin Hercules. Lockheed is proposing to build the l-400, a twin-engine version of Hercules. The low-cost way to replace smaller, aging airlifters, the L-400 will carry loads such as 22,500 pounds for 550 nautical miles – or 15,000 pounds for 1,400 nautical miles.

Hercules. It keeps getting better and better.

Lockheed Hercules

Lockheed-Georgia Company


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