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    C-130 Prints

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    I have to look in my pile of stuff but, I doubt I have anything better than what is already posted. I will say that back in the day of the Black and green war machine. they did not have the refuel pods. radome and antennea's varied a bit. and I dont recall square windows in the troop doors. At least not on the Rhein Main birds. Maybe Skips smoke and mirrors PDF file will have some good stuff on it too.

    C-130 Prints

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    Posted · Edited by mongo

    I'll add my 2 cents to that and add extend the yokes and add fending lines

    And a couple guys danglin off a successful Davenport pickup??? actually, that would look cool. ramp open, davit out the back, etc...

    C-130 Prints

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    Hopefully one day the old reliable 0555 in european camo with whiskers and wires but before refuel pods. Thats the way I remember the ol girl before leaving Rhein Main in 87. Too bad the AF is going to further demod her for the Boise ANG.. Wish she would have been put on display before they got to her and make her into a glorified slick.

    Engine Mike

    Right on Mike! But, I think nickle and the others looked much better black and green.

    Mc-130e

    in C-130 General

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    Wow, I travled a lot on nickle with the 7th in the early 80's Greece, Sudan, Egypt, Italy, just to name a few. what a shame! I would rather see her retired on static display, Black and Green, whiskers, fending lines the whole bit. now that would be a better way to go.

    FE Ticket

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    As far as I can tell looking at the FAA web site. there is still different ratings for turbojet and turbo props. I didnt find anything to differentiate turbo props and recips. My best guess would be, any company would be responsible for training and maintaining specific equiptment type quals.

    HOWEVER..... this was just at a glance on the FAA website. I could probly find some more specific info from an examiner buddy next time I talk to him.

    John

    WW@ Airman found in TPNG

    in C-130 Historical

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    taken from BBC news 05sep08

    The suspected remains of a WWII airman discovered in a jungle region of Papua New Guinea have turned out to be the moss-covered branches of a tree.

    Hikers on the country\'s Kokoda Trail found what appeared to be the remains of a parachutist tangled in wires and dangling in a tree two weeks ago.

    Australian and Japanese forces fought several battles in the area in 1942-3.

    The Australian military sent a team to investigate the \"body\" only to discover it was a branch tangled in vines.

    Flight path

    An Australian Defence Force (ADF) statement said that although the location of the find was below a flight path commonly used by Allied aircraft during WWII sorties, the \"remains\" were in fact a moss-covered branch.

    The ADF said that no remains had been found.

    \"It appears the branch has broken off the main tree and fallen across some vines, which from the ground, could have been confused with the body of an airman,\" the ADF statement continued.

    Hundreds of Australians lost their lives fighting off a Japanese invasion of Papua New Guinea.

    Japanese losses were several times heavier.

    The hillsides around the Kokoda Trail are littered with rusting guns, grenades and mortars - reminders of the WWII battles fought there.

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