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  1. One time, we were off-loading cargo in Malange, Angola when the UNITA rebels began mortaring the airport. We started #2 first so we would have steering & brakes to taxi out while starting the remaining engines. Fun times over there.

    Don R.

  2. My vote is HOAX!

    I agree with Railrunner. The entire article is BS. It's just a photo of an ABCCC bird taken from above.

    Many times when I go on Google Earth, I'll initially be fooled into thinking an airplane at some airport is a Herc, when it's actually an An-12. Their wings are have a slight swept back leading edge and a straight trailing edge.

    Don R.

  3. Yep, they are good looking.

    I can't remember the name of the APU mod (starts with a "K?"), but it's the same as the one the Belgians and some other militaries did to their C-130's.

    Don R.

  4. Wish all new members would detail their career as you did.

    I agree with Larry. It's disappointing when a new member puts nothing in their profile for 2 reasons. One, because I'm a nosy old fart and two, because when I reply to a comment, I like to know the C-130 knowledge level of the person I'm responding to.

    Oh, and welcome aboard, Dick.

    Don R.

  5. Jim,

    just checked out your web site with the old articles. I guess I'm a hoarder, too. Is there a way I can add some more articles? If not, PM me your email address and I can send them to you.

    Don R.

  6. Garrett,

    I haven't been in touch with Fred for a few years.

    I flew with Bill Reid when he was a C-130 co-pilot at Dyess AFB, TX. Nice guy. If you go to the gallery, check out msn 4101. There are photos taken by Hank Bathey (the TA VP of Operations) a week or so after the incident. Bill was killed when the UNITA rebels fired into the open ramp and door. The captain was a German named Gerhard Von Opel. They had been instructed not to land unless there was contact with the ground. They never made contact, but Von Opel elected to land anyway. The crew was captured and forced to walk 600 miles to the UNITA base in Jamba. They arrived 2 1/2 months later.

    There's an article about it in the December 2007 issue of Airways magazine.

    Don R.

  7. Garrett,

    Fred lives in the MIA area now. He married a woman from Botswana. A few years ago, he had an operation to remove some cancer from hi lungs, but they've returned and he's been on chemo for the last few months. Knowing Fred, though, he's probably still smoking. I think he only lit one cigarette a day from a lighter -- all the rest were off of his previous cigarette. Luckily, when I flew with him, I was a smoker, too.

    Don R.

  8. Bob,

    Wow, that's not many out of the original 118 built.

    A friend of mine in the Philippines told me that all of Transafrik's Hercs are not working and are parked in Entebbe. Knowing how Africa is, they'll probably still be there detiorating away 10 years from now.

    I was also told that Ethiopian Airlines' -30's have been parked for quite a while at Addis Ababa.

    Don R.

  9. Casey,

    The first link shows a photo of 5225 and the year built and the total time when sold is correct. No date on the posting, but Lynden Air Cargo bought it from DERCO a few years ago and it's now registered in Papua New Guinie as P2-LAE(?). Perhaps it's an old posting?

    The second link is strange. It says it was built in 1989 with a total time of 543 hours. Really? The registration is odd, too as is the very low asking price of $1.2 million.

    Don R.

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