Robert Podboy

Web site www. military.com gives an updated account of the of the Kundruz hospital strike. http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/11/25/ac-130-crew-ground-troops-punished-kunduz-hospital-strikes.html Nov 25, 2015 | by Richard Sisk

Talking proud web site gives an overview of Blind Bat operations Blind Bat and the “Night Intruders” http://www.talkingproud.us/Military/Blindbat/Blindbat.html Blind Bat in her FAC role http://www.talkingproud.us/Military/Blindbat/BlindbatFAC/BlindbatFACrole.html Loss of Blind Bat 01 http://www.talkingproud.us/Military/Blindbat/Blindbat01/Blindbat01Loss.html Blind Bat crews http://www.talkingproud.us/Military/Blindbat/BlindbatCrews/BlindbatCrews.html Laser guided bombing, Blind Bat first http://www.talkingproud.us/Military/OldHercLGB/OldHercLGBIntro.html

Scramble - The Aviation Magazine had this about Lockheed C-130J cn plate: The construction number can be found in the cockpit. When going up the stairs to the cockpit there is a small bench at the rear of the cockpit. The cn plate is located on the right side of the bench. It is not visible from outside.

The AMARG web site says that as part of Aircraft In-Processing Procedures: When aircraft arrive at the AMARG, the “receiving branch” processes them. Each aircraft brings along its entire history of documentation, including maintenance actions over its years of service. All guns, ejection seat charges, and classified hardware are removed, along with clocks and data plates. So someone at AMARC has lots of clocks and data plates. The data plates are also called CN (Construction Number) plates.

Virtual tour photo shows Manufactures data plate missing from 62-1787/spare 617 Also an example of a C-130A data plate It’s corroded… best I can tell it’s from AF 57 483 182 3190 Engine Type T56 A9 Accepted 7/25/58

Airmen, despite their cynicism, can be really, really funny. http://undertheradar.military.com/2015/11/the-complete-haters-guide-to-the-us-air-force/

Not that clever… fat fingers

Good catch… didn’t know it was that easy to easy to clone an aircraft.

Bill, So, the Aircraft Data Legend (also called the Technical Data block TDB) is on the outside of the aircraft. A Identiplate is a plastic ID / credit card with specific aircraft and billing information for purchasing petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL). Thanks, Robert hehe, So, there is metal ID tag above the FE seat or on the nav station wall that details build / model change information. I was confused and thought the Technical Data block (TDB) and the metal ID tag were the same thing. OK so every Lockheed aircraft has one of each… hehe Thanks, Robert

Aircraft Data Legend or Technical Data block Anyone know where aircraft ID, s/n, manufactures information plate was located on the various C-130 models? What was detailed? I searched the WEB and can’t find an example or picture of one. Eventually in the early 90’s T.O 1-1-4 states that it was a Technical Data Block and could be either on the fuselage side or near the ground-refueling receptacle. Where is / was it on an A thru J?

Yea, I like the view form the pilots window of the A model parked next door. It would be cool if they would do 360 views of the A so we could compare knobs and stuff.

A previous post 62-1787/spare 617 Started by SamMcGowan, 1 Jul 2009 details more about the aircraft history. http://www.c-130hercules.net/forums/topic/2840-62-1787spare-617/ - comment-6602

A bit about the aircraft: Storied C-130E Goes to USAF Museum Author Stephen Mauro 1/19/2012 Caldwell was on approach to the drop zone at An Loc when groundfire smashed into Spare 617‘s fuselage, instantly killing the flight engineer. The C-130E SPARE 617 touches down at the National Museum of the US Air Force, capping off a storied career. Caldwell was on approach to the drop zone at An Loc when groundfire smashed into Spare 617‘s fuselage, instantly killing the flight engineer. Last August Spare 617, a C-130E boasting an impressive career, entered the collection of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. The well-worn Hercules, No. 62-1787, had come a long way since April 1972, when the intelligence officer at Tan Son Nhut Air Base briefed its pilot, Captain William Caldwell, and his crew on their mission to the besieged city of An Loc, South Vietnam. Caldwell, who was told, “You’re going to have 37mm anti-aircraft fire coming at you,” remembers asking, “How high does that go?” The reply was succinct: “Above you.” Caldwell has never forgotten that harrowing airdrop. He was on approach to the drop zone when groundfire smashed into Spare 617’s fuselage and cockpit, instantly killing flight engineer Tech. Sgt. Jon Sanders and wounding several others. The fusillade ruptured an air bleed duct, causing superheated air to spew into the cargo hold, and setting ammo pallets ablaze. Loadmaster Tech. Sgt. Charlie Shaub called for Caldwell or his copilot to electronically jettison the load. When that failed, Shaub braved the scalding air to cut loose the pallets—two of which exploded just after leaving the airplane. Shaub then grabbed a red-hot fire extinguisher and doused a fire in the left wheel well. Caldwell and Shaub later received the Air Force Cross. Spare 617 was repaired and returned to service, later flying with various Air National Guard squadrons. Colonel Caldwell, who was on hand for the August 18 ceremony honoring No. 62-1787’s installation in the museum, had his own take on the meaning of the festivities: “We had a crew and I included in that crew the airplane, so I saw it more as a retirement ceremony for the plane.” Currently on display on a runway, Spare 617 joins two AC-130 gunships already in the NMUSAF collection. It will eventually be housed in the Global Reach Gallery in a new building, slated for completion in 2014.

The NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE US AIR FORCE has added COCKPIT 360 IMAGES for LOCKHEED C-130E HERCULES Pilot Station Copilot Station Flight Deck Overview Forward Cargo Area Aft Cargo Area http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/VirtualTour/Cockpit360.aspx http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/media/090/C-130E%20Flight%20Deck%20Overview.html

Correction: I should have said… Hopefully the super J is as good as or better at ‘getting it up’ than the legacy models. Considering more blades and all.

Peter… thanks, It makes sense to calculate prior to flight… Hopefully the super J is better at ‘getting it up’ than the legacy models.

At elevation AMSL 1,814 ft / 553 m is Jalalabad considered a hot-and-high takeoff airport for a C-130J?

179th Airlift Wing Mansfield, Ohio https://www.facebook.com/clevelandbrowns/videos/10153703600809684/

This is the first R391 propeller and it bears serial number 0001.Manufacturer: Dowty Aerospace, Gloucester, England, 1999

Business end of Modular Aerial Spray System (MASS)

Let’s not forget the fighting 374thFMS… we had caps too.

Casey, another question… Do you know who posts all the ‘C-130 shared’ photos and videos on the c-130 facebook page? https://www.facebook.com/C130Herculesnet

Did C-130 Hercules.net evolve from Spectrumwd.com or a combination of other sites? Just wondering about the timeline, past webmasters, effort to get to the fine resource it is today!

Also, what’s the point in painting some of the engine cowlings red? Seems like a waist of good paint.

OK I give up. Is Moldeyhole a town near the base, or a reference to something else?