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Leo Sullivan, Pilot

Art Hansen, Copilot

Bob Brennen, Engineer

Also on board:

Ed Shockley, Lockheeds lead test engineer

Carroll Fruth, FE

Today marks 1 year since HB went live.:)

The domain HerculesHeadquarters.com finally became available so I purchased it. I have setup a temporary redirect which allow the site to be accessed via the address http://www.herculesheadquarters.com I will add it as a permanent alias for HB later. At this time, I have no intention to change the site name, just wanted the domain name.

Bob Daley has updated his production list. The new version is avaliable here: http://herkapedia.com/index.php?title=Production_lists

I believe you were watching \"Destroyed in Seconds.\" It had some great footage of the Credible Sport Aircraft and the crash.

There is some footage on you tube. http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=credible+sport&search_type=&aq=f

I friend who just finished Engineer school gave me the link to this site. I thought all ya\'ll might want to check it out.

www.heyeng.com

I have no idea where the image originated. Bob, do you?

No Sorry, Bob

It was loaded into the wrong folder originally and later removed. [img size=678]http://herkybirds.com/images/fbfiles/images/3542D.jpg

It is now a unique fixer-upper opportunity.

damnpoor wrote:

Steve1300 wrote:

The elephant ears are the panels on each side of the nose of the fulton recovery herks, the ones you open for access to the radome bolts.

I\'ve heard both called elephant ears.

SEFEGeorge wrote:

As the test pilot climbs out of the experimental aircraft, having torn off the wings and tail in the crash landing, the crash truck arrives; the rescuer sees a bloodied pilot and asks,

\'What happened?\'

The pilot\'s reply: \'I don\'t know, I just got here myself!\'

- Attributed to Ray Crandell (Lockheed test pilot)

\"Here\'s your sign.\"

4T-1-3(tire TO) says every 3 Days.

100\" fwd of the wings, 80\" aft

gizzard wrote:

Are the stations still determined from in front of the nose?

From: pjvr99 in this thread http://herkybirds.com/index.php?option=com_fireboard&Itemid=26&func=view&catid=6&id=2112

Don\'t know the -20, but -30 was 100\" from FS257 marked 257E, 277E, 297E, etc; and 80\" from (I think) FS797 marked 797E, 817E, etc. The origional Flight Stations retained their numbers while the plugs/inserts carry the \"E\" to denote Extension

Please note, although no boardcode and smiley buttons are shown, they are still useable

Anyone know if the early HC-H\'s (64 models) had -7\'s? If so why where designated as H\'s when new?

1700-1709 came from the factory with -7\'s? They were 81-82 models right?

Two different things. HC-130 is an aircraft designation. 1C-130H(H) is a tech order designation.

Someone correct me if I am wrong but this is my understanding.

The first HC-130 was Lockheed production #4036 USAF 64-14852 (built while E model production was still in full swing) I\'m not sure if all HC-130\'s came from Lockheed with -15 engines but I would think so because their original designation was HC-130 H. If not, I am quite certain -15\'s were added to all of them. This difference and I believe a few others, necessitated different TO\'s versus the E models. This is where the H(H) series TO\'s came about.

Some of these aircraft remained HC-130 H\'s but others were modified to WC-130H\'s, EC-130H\'s, HC-130P\'s and MC-130P\'s through the years.

\'66 HC-130P\'s and \'69 model HC-130N\'s were designated as such from the factory.

The (H) designated a secondary mission. In this case, rescue.

Lockheed production number: 4031

USAF serial number: 64-0541

Model: C130E

Location: Museum, Kulis ANGB AK

Image gallery: http://www.herkybirds.com/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=839

Thanks for jumping in guys. You were able to provide a much better explination than me. It has been too long.

We had a problem with a creeping throttle problem on a TDY. After we checked everything in the book and then some, we tried swapping the throttle quadrant friction washers around (I think that is what they are called, it was 15 years ago.) Believe it or not, it fixed it.

Let\'s not forget those damn Helen Keller bolts!

No under floor heat on A\'s.

What is Bob V\'s username? I\'ll pm and ask.

Wow, that looks awesome!

Someone please educate me. What is the significance of an Indian to the Belgians? I have seen them on many of their 130s.

Also, can I add the image to the gallery?