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Hercules doesn’t need much of
an opening to deliver the goods.
Hercules is the plane designed to go places other planes aren’t expected to go and to do things other planes can’t.
A big commercial cargo jet cannot be expected to land on runways as short as 2100 feet. Hercules can and does.
Other planes large enough to carry 50,000 lbs. of cargo need an airport, not a jungle clearing, to land in. Hercules needs only an opening. It makes little difference whether the terrain is jungle, sand, dirt or ice.
Of course, most places without airports are also without ground-handling equipment. So you can hardly expect a plane to unload any outsized cargo. Unless the plane is Hercules. Through its huge rear doors (9’ X 10’) and down its rear ramp, jeeps, bulldozers and tractors drive on and off with the help of nothing more than a driver.
Hercules’ ability to land and unload where other planes can’t is just part of the reason 34 nations have purchased this timeless machine.
In places you wouldn’t expect to find a plane, you can expect to find Hercules delivering the goods.
And isn’t that what an airlifter’s supposed to do?
Lockheed-Georgia
A Division of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Marietta, Georgia
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