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The mighty 4-engine Lockheed HERCULES – America’s first Jet Age airlifter – performs cargo-handling feats no other plane can equal. Press a button and down comes the hydraulically-operated tailgate of the HERCULES, to loading dock height leaving a cavernous aft opening that measures 2.75 x 3m. In seconds, attendants attach a winch cable to loaded tandem-hitched pallets, in readiness on the dock. Press another button and 16 000 kg of cargo glide inside the HERCULES – in only 40 seconds!
Airborne, the HERCULES climbs 12,5 m/sec, fully loaded, and cruises at 565 km. Arriving at its destination, this prop-jet giant can land and stop within 450m – saving extra minutes of precious time. Highly maneuverable, it can be positioned quickly for unloading. Attach the winch cable, press a button – and out glides the whole 16 000 kg cargo in 40 seconds!
PROP-JET GIANT SWALLOWS 16 000 KG IN 40 SECONDS
The all-mechanical loading / unloading system available only with the Lockheed HERCULES makes possible a 40% saving in manpower required to prepare and load freight for air shipment. And a 90% reduction of idle ground time can be accomplished by shortening the unloading / loading period from hours to minutes.
Lockheed
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, GEORGIA DIVISION, Marietta, Georgia USA
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