Robert Podboy

Hercules. The airlifter whose time keeps coming. Years ago the world needed an airlifter able to carry cargo such as fully assembled trucks and bulldozers. An airlifter strong enough to land and take off from short dirt, gravel, sand or snowy runways. An airlifter built for quick loading and unloading without ground-handling equipment. An airlifter able to haul 45,000 pound payloads for 2,800 statute miles. Today the world needs that airlifter more than ever. Which is why ten nations ordered the Lockheed Hercules last year. Why do countries keep selecting Hercules? Because Lockheed has 20 years experienced working with countries that need great airlift, and it keeps making Hercules better and better. To begin with, the Hercules’ airframe is classic in its functional simplicity. High wings let the fuselage almost hug the ground for fast loading. A huge rear cargo opening enables tractors to drive on and off. Sturdy landing gear handles the jolts of remote fields. Inside, Hercules is almost new with avionics systems updated from nose to tail. All basic operating systems have been improved. The 1975 Hercs, for example, will have new radar, air conditioning and auxiliary power systems. Hercules. The timeless airliner, chosen by 37 nations. Lockheed Hercules

Hercules. The airlifter whose time keeps coming. Years ago the world needed an airlifter able to carry cargo such as fully assembled trucks and bulldozers. An airlifter strong enough to land and take off from short dirt, gravel, sand or snowy runways. An airlifter built for quick loading and unloading without ground-handling equipment. An airlifter able to haul 45,000 pound payloads for 2,800 statute miles. Today the world needs that airlifter more than ever. Which is why ten nations ordered the Lockheed Hercules last year. Why do countries keep selecting Hercules? Because Lockheed has 20 years experienced working with countries that need great airlift, and it keeps making Hercules better and better. To begin with, the Hercules’ airframe is classic in its functional simplicity. High wings let the fuselage almost hug the ground for fast loading. A huge rear cargo opening enables tractors to drive on and off. Sturdy landing gear handles the jolts of remote fields. Inside, Hercules is almost new with avionics systems updated from nose to tail. All basic operating systems have been improved. The 1975 Hercs, for example, will have new radar, air conditioning and auxiliary power systems. Hercules. The timeless airliner, chosen by 37 nations. Lockheed Hercules

FUEL UP WITHOUT TOUCHING DOWN. Being far from home and low on fuel needn’t put an end to your sortie. Not when you can put a Lockheed Hercules KC-130H tanker on station. It can arrive with more than 15,000 litres of fuel ready to feed anything from fighters to helicopters. No other tanker gives you such flexibility. Transfer 1,100 litres per minute from an auxiliary tank in the C-130’s cargo compartment, or 560 litres per minute from its wing tanks. Then, if necessary, quickly remove the aircraft’s refueling tank and pods and convert it to a conventional transport for other duties. Give your squadrons greater range and endurance. Keep them flying with Lockheed’s KC-130H Hercules tanker. Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Company Giving shape to imagination.

The airlifter that keeps getting better and better Hercules began its airlift life with a simple, functional design that has become almost timeless — high wings, low cargo deck, huge rear doors for fast loading and unloading. But within that classic airlift shape, Lockheed has improved Hercules from nose to tail. That's one reason countries and airlines keep buying Hercules. All told, 41 nations have chosen this workhorse of the air. There's another reason they keep choosing Hercules. Its efficient turboprop engines use only about half the fuel of contemplated airlifters with fanjet engines. Fuel economy can save hundreds of thousand of dollars over the life of each Hercules. Some of the improvements in Here's performance and systems are shown above. Those and other state-of-the-art advances mean that the Hercs now rolling off Lockheed assembly lines will be airlifting well into the 21st century. Hercules. The world's biggest airlift bargain. LOCKHEED HERCULES Lockheed-Georgia Company Cruse speed up 11% New improved hydraulic pump Engine power up 20% Payload up 20% New state-of-the-art avionics from nose to tail New autopilot Range up 52% New auxiliary hydraulic pump New fuel-thrifty Allison engines Improved anti-skid system New air conditioning system New integrated flight director system New APO-122 radar 1977

C-130 HERCULES FLYING 20 TRIPS AROUND THE GLOBE In addition to the C-130’s in service with U. S. forces, more than 165 Hercules have been ordered by 12 other countries of the free world. Australia, Brazil, Canada, Indonesia, Iran, New Zealand, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sweden, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. Production of the C-130 Hercules is continuing at Lockheed Georgia. The C-130 Hercules is the world’s most proven airlifter. It serves as a cargo and troop carrier: aerial refueler; fleet support aircraft; patrol, rescue and search vehicle; weather photomapping platform; drone target launcher; and more. Each day C-130’s fly the equivalent of 20 trips around the world. The C-130 Hercules, unmatched in versatility and economy, is just one of the family of famous airlifters designed and developed by Lockheed Georgia – the utility personnel / cargo C-140 JetStar transport; today’s largest operational military cargo fanjet, the C-141 Starlifter, and tomorrow’s giant C-5A, the largest plane in the world. LOCKHEED September 1966

SCIENCE TODAY The air age is just beginning. Aeronautical science, space achievements notwithstanding, is steadily increasing its knowledge and scope. The famous Lockheed Hercules and the sleek Jet Star shown below simply are steps on the way to the huge jet cargo transport now in development. Aeronautical exploration has brought us also to still another new stage of aircraft… vertical flight. Lockheed current developments include a revolutionary new helicopter concept plus a vertical take-off, jet powered fighter with high speed forward flight. And under study are a supersonic transport and an aerospace craft that will operate from conventional runways with rockets for thrust into orbit. Lockheed Helping promote free world security and progress in: Electronics, Missiles, Aircraft Nucleonics, Satellites and Space Vehicles, Rocket Fuels, Aircraft Maintenance, Airport Management, Shipbuilding, Heavy Construction. LOCKHEED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, BURBANK, CALIFORNIA U S A : SHIPBUILDING AGENA SATELLITE F-104 STARFIGHTER POLARIS MISSILE LOCKHEED 60 OCEAN RESEARCH

SCIENCE TODAY The air age is just beginning. Aeronautical science, space achievements notwithstanding, is steadily increasing its knowledge and scope. The famous Lockheed Hercules and the sleek Jet Star shown below simply are steps on the way to the huge jet cargo transport now in development. Aeronautical exploration has brought us also to still another new stage of aircraft… vertical flight. Lockheed current developments include a revolutionary new helicopter concept plus a vertical take-off, jet powered fighter with high speed forward flight. And under study are a supersonic transport and an aerospace craft that will operate from conventional runways with rockets for thrust into orbit. Lockheed Helping promote free world security and progress in: Electronics, Missiles, Aircraft Nucleonics, Satellites and Space Vehicles, Rocket Fuels, Aircraft Maintenance, Airport Management, Shipbuilding, Heavy Construction. LOCKHEED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, BURBANK, CALIFORNIA U S A : SHIPBUILDING AGENA SATELLITE F-104 STARFIGHTER POLARIS MISSILE LOCKHEED 60 OCEAN RESEARCH October 1962

AIRLIFT FORCES must be kept ready to supply freedom’s needs, fast anywhere on earth. Many types are needed. Above are three by Lockheed. Top: the C-141 – a huge, fast, long-range jet now being developed. Center: the famous prop-jet Hercules airlifter. Bottom: the JetStar – a compact jet transport for high-priority airlift missions. All three embody advanced design principles that have grown out of Lockheed’s long and productive cargo airplane experience. Lockheed

ALL THINGS TO ALL PEOPLE Pacific Western Airline's fleet of giant Hercules aircraft has delivered the goods to eighty- seven countries around the globe. Touching down under the searing sun of the Arabian desert, touring the Far East or visiting the industrial centres of Europe, we've carried everything from complete oil rigs to bulk fuel to computers. Hercules. No matter what shape your cargo comes in, we've got a shape it can go in. Let us give you the details on Pacific Western's international Hercules Air Cargo Charter operations. We can also explain how you can save with Pacific Western's scheduled cargo operations throughout Alberta, British Columbia and the Northwest Territories plus Seattle, Washington. All things considered, Pacific Western Air Cargo is the most economical, reliable and flexible way to deliver the goods. Any goods. To anywhere. We’re with you all the way PACIFIC WESTERN AIRLINES

ALL THINGS TO ALL PEOPLE Pacific Western Airline's fleet of giant Hercules aircraft has delivered the goods to eighty- seven countries around the globe. Touching down under the searing sun of the Arabian desert, touring the Far East or visiting the industrial centres of Europe, we've carried everything from complete oil rigs to bulk fuel to computers. Hercules. No matter what shape your cargo comes in, we've got a shape it can go in. Let us give you the details on Pacific Western's international Hercules Air Cargo Charter operations. We can also explain how you can save with Pacific Western's scheduled cargo operations throughout Alberta, British Columbia and the Northwest Territories plus Seattle, Washington. All things considered, Pacific Western Air Cargo is the most economical, reliable and flexible way to deliver the goods. Any goods. To anywhere. We’re with you all the way PACIFIC WESTERN AIRLINES

NOW THE STOL* HERCULES *short take-off and landing A boundary layer control system, which will spectacularly shorten the already astonishingly brief take-off and landing runs of Lockheed's versatile 61-ton C-130 Hercules transport, is now in an advanced stage of development and flight test. The Lockheed BLC system culminates many years of study by Lockheed engineers and follows four years of research devoted to specific application of the system to the Hercules. Four auxiliary jet engines, weighing only 500 pounds each, will furnish the streams of high-pressure air which flow over all control surfaces. The BLC jet engines are each connected to a central system providing air evenly to all surfaces even with one engine out. Manufacturing work on the BLC Hercules can begin now because 80% of the airplane is identical to the C-130 B. In Europe, a nation or group of nations could manufacture the C-130 B and have a European version flying in less than half the time required by a new untested design. The program could then be phased into the more advanced BLC Hercules. Know-how acquired by Lockheed in manufacturing nearly 300 C-130s to date can make the BLC Hercules European manufacturing project the most rapid and inexpensive answer to the needs of European nations for a high performance, all-purpose transport. As a combat transport of men and equipment the C-130 showed its superlative value in airlifts to Lebanon and Turkey. Boundary Layer Control This illustration shows the Boundary Layer Control system of the Hercules. A pod under each wing carrying two small modified jet engines bleeds air which flows overall control surfaces, ailerons, flaps, rudder and elevator greatly reducing stall speed of the 61-ton transport. Licensed manufacture The Hercules is easily adapted to licensed manufacture. Plans for its production in Europe by a nation or nations cooperating with Lockheed have been carefully studied. Results emphasize spectacular saving of both money and time. Versatility The excellent range capabilities of the C-130 enable it to perform long search and patrol missions. Moreover, It can be easily adapted to many different mission configurations including Paratroop Drop, Aerial Cargo Delivery, Air Rescue, Drone Launcher / Director Aircraft, Troop Carrier, Air Re- fueling, Aerial Mapping and Surveying, etc. Soft Field Take-off and Landing The unique landing gear design of the C-130 permits it to operate from soft, unprepared fields. High gross-weight landing tests have been made on grass, sand and pierced steel plank. The C-130 is the largest aircraft to be equipped with skis for snow and ice landings. Jet Transports - Jet Fighters - Jet Trainers - Commercial &. Military Prop-Jet Transports - Rocketry Ballistic Missile Research &. Development - Weapon System Management - Anti-Submarine Patrol Aircraft Nuclear-Powered Flight - Advanced Electronics - Airborne Early- Warning Aircraft - Airport Management - Nuclear Reactor Design &. Development - Ground Support Equipment - World-Wide Aircraft Maintenance LOCKHEED 1959-1960

NOW THE STOL* HERCULES *short take-off and landing A boundary layer control system, which will spectacularly shorten the already astonishingly brief take-off and landing runs of Lockheed's versatile 61-ton C-130 Hercules transport, is now in an advanced stage of development and flight test. The Lockheed BLC system culminates many years of study by Lockheed engineers and follows four years of research devoted to specific application of the system to the Hercules. Four auxiliary jet engines, weighing only 500 pounds each, will furnish the streams of high-pressure air which flow over all control surfaces. The BLC jet engines are each connected to a central system providing air evenly to all surfaces even with one engine out. Manufacturing work on the BLC Hercules can begin now because 80% of the airplane is identical to the C-130 B. In Europe, a nation or group of nations could manufacture the C-130 B and have a European version flying in less than half the time required by a new untested design. The program could then be phased into the more advanced BLC Hercules. Know-how acquired by Lockheed in manufacturing nearly 300 C-130s to date can make the BLC Hercules European manufacturing project the most rapid and inexpensive answer to the needs of European nations for a high performance, all-purpose transport. As a combat transport of men and equipment the C-130 showed its superlative value in airlifts to Lebanon and Turkey. Boundary Layer Control This illustration shows the Boundary Layer Control system of the Hercules. A pod under each wing carrying two small modified jet engines bleeds air which flows overall control surfaces, ailerons, flaps, rudder and elevator greatly reducing stall speed of the 61-ton transport. Licensed manufacture The Hercules is easily adapted to licensed manufacture. Plans for its production in Europe by a nation or nations cooperating with Lockheed have been carefully studied. Results emphasize spectacular saving of both money and time. Versatility The excellent range capabilities of the C-130 enable it to perform long search and patrol missions. Moreover, It can be easily adapted to many different mission configurations including Paratroop Drop, Aerial Cargo Delivery, Air Rescue, Drone Launcher / Director Aircraft, Troop Carrier, Air Re- fueling, Aerial Mapping and Surveying, etc. Soft Field Take-off and Landing The unique landing gear design of the C-130 permits it to operate from soft, unprepared fields. High gross-weight landing tests have been made on grass, sand and pierced steel plank. The C-130 is the largest aircraft to be equipped with skis for snow and ice landings. Jet Transports - Jet Fighters - Jet Trainers - Commercial &. Military Prop-Jet Transports - Rocketry Ballistic Missile Research &. Development - Weapon System Management - Anti-Submarine Patrol Aircraft Nuclear-Powered Flight - Advanced Electronics - Airborne Early- Warning Aircraft - Airport Management - Nuclear Reactor Design &. Development - Ground Support Equipment - World-Wide Aircraft Maintenance LOCKHEED 1959-1960

If your C-130’s playing up, Drop in to your local Lockheed Service Center. In practice, we've been a Lockheed Service Centre for over twenty years. But it wasn't until last year that it became official. That's when Lockheed made us the only approved Lockheed Service Centre in the Southern Hemisphere, one of the few in the world. It was recognition of the expertise we've developed in maintaining C-130 Hercules aircraft for the Royal Australian Airforce since 1964. Of course, we've passed inspection with the military in more ways than one. At home, we're also performing overhauls on Allison T -56 engines and propellers plus engine components for the Royal Australian Navy's Wessex helicopters. We even look after the RAAF's fleet of Boeing 707 transport aircraft from nose to tail. The United States Airforce, Navy and Marine Corps, French Airforce and Canadian Armed Services number but a few of our military clients. We were selected by the Malaysian Government to assist in the establishment of an engine overhaul facility for the Royal Malaysian Airforce. And our maintenance credentials include approvals from eighteen recognized authorities internationally. Like the military, we're not about meeting standards, but setting them. So if your C-130/L100 is playing up, drop in to your local Lockheed Service Centre. The only one in the Southern Hemisphere. QANTAS THE SPIRIT OF AUSTRALIA For further information contact Mr. Cyril Aynsley, Engineering and Maintenance Resources Director, Qantas Jet Base, Sydney, Australia. Telephone 6697033. Telex AA2011 1986

If your C-130’s playing up, Drop in to your local Lockheed Service Center. In practice, we've been a Lockheed Service Centre for over twenty years. But it wasn't until last year that it became official. That's when Lockheed made us the only approved Lockheed Service Centre in the Southern Hemisphere, one of the few in the world. It was recognition of the expertise we've developed in maintaining C-130 Hercules aircraft for the Royal Australian Airforce since 1964. Of course, we've passed inspection with the military in more ways than one. At home, we're also performing overhauls on Allison T -56 engines and propellers plus engine components for the Royal Australian Navy's Wessex helicopters. We even look after the RAAF's fleet of Boeing 707 transport aircraft from nose to tail. The United States Airforce, Navy and Marine Corps, French Airforce and Canadian Armed Services number but a few of our military clients. We were selected by the Malaysian Government to assist in the establishment of an engine overhaul facility for the Royal Malaysian Airforce. And our maintenance credentials include approvals from eighteen recognized authorities internationally. Like the military, we're not about meeting standards, but setting them. So if your C-130/L100 is playing up, drop in to your local Lockheed Service Centre. The only one in the Southern Hemisphere. QANTAS THE SPIRIT OF AUSTRALIA For further information contact Mr. Cyril Aynsley, Engineering and Maintenance Resources Director, Qantas Jet Base, Sydney, Australia. Telephone 6697033. Telex AA2011 1986

Feats of Hercules The mighty 4-engine Lockheed HERCULES – America’s first Jet Age airlifter – performs cargo-handling feats no other plane can equal. Press a button and down comes the hydraulically-operated tailgate of the HERCULES, to loading dock height leaving a cavernous aft opening that measures 2.75 x 3m. In seconds, attendants attach a winch cable to loaded tandem-hitched pallets, in readiness on the dock. Press another button and 16 000 kg of cargo glide inside the HERCULES – in only 40 seconds! Airborne, the HERCULES climbs 12,5 m/sec, fully loaded, and cruises at 565 km. Arriving at its destination, this prop-jet giant can land and stop within 450m – saving extra minutes of precious time. Highly maneuverable, it can be positioned quickly for unloading. Attach the winch cable, press a button – and out glides the whole 16 000 kg cargo in 40 seconds! PROP-JET GIANT SWALLOWS 16 000 KG IN 40 SECONDS The all-mechanical loading / unloading system available only with the Lockheed HERCULES makes possible a 40% saving in manpower required to prepare and load freight for air shipment. And a 90% reduction of idle ground time can be accomplished by shortening the unloading / loading period from hours to minutes. Lockheed Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, GEORGIA DIVISION, Marietta, Georgia USA

Feats of Hercules The mighty 4-engine Lockheed HERCULES – America’s first Jet Age airlifter – performs cargo-handling feats no other plane can equal. Press a button and down comes the hydraulically-operated tailgate of the HERCULES, to loading dock height leaving a cavernous aft opening that measures 9 feet by 10 feet. In seconds, attendants attach a winch cable to loaded tandem-hitched pallets, in readiness on the dock. Press another button and 35,000 pounds of cargo glide inside the HERCULES – in only 40 seconds! Airborne, the HERCULES climbs 2,450 feet per minute, fully loaded, and cruises at 305 knots. Arriving at its destination, this prop-jet giant can land and stop within 1500 feet – saving extra minutes of precious time. Highly maneuverable, it can be positioned quickly for unloading. Attach the winch cable, press a button – and out glides the whole 35,000-pound cargo in 40 seconds! PROP-JET GIANT SWALLOWS 35,000 POUNDS IN 40 SECONDS The all-mechanical loading / unloading system available only with the Lockheed HERCULES makes possible a 40% saving in manpower required to prepare and load freight for air shipment. And a 90% reduction of idle ground time can be accomplished by shortening the unloading / loading period from hours to minutes. Lockheed means leadership Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, GEORGIA DIVISION, Marietta, Georgia / USA

Feats of Hercules The mighty 4-engine Lockheed HERCULES – America’s first Jet Age airlifter – performs cargo-handling feats no other plane can equal. Press a button and down comes the hydraulically-operated tailgate of the HERCULES, to loading dock height leaving a cavernous aft opening that measures 2.75 x 3m. In seconds, attendants attach a winch cable to loaded tandem-hitched pallets, in readiness on the dock. Press another button and 16 000 kg of cargo glide inside the HERCULES – in only 40 seconds! Airborne, the HERCULES climbs 12,5 m/sec, fully loaded, and cruises at 565 km. Arriving at its destination, this prop-jet giant can land and stop within 450m – saving extra minutes of precious time. Highly maneuverable, it can be positioned quickly for unloading. Attach the winch cable, press a button – and out glides the whole 16 000 kg cargo in 40 seconds! PROP-JET GIANT SWALLOWS 16 000 KG IN 40 SECONDS The all-mechanical loading / unloading system available only with the Lockheed HERCULES makes possible a 40% saving in manpower required to prepare and load freight for air shipment. And a 90% reduction of idle ground time can be accomplished by shortening the unloading / loading period from hours to minutes. Lockheed Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, GEORGIA DIVISION, Marietta, Georgia USA

Innovation One airlifter that can carry 43,000 lbs. of cargo or up to 65,000 lbs. of fuel. The Lockheed Hercules is both a cargo plane and a tanker for in-flight refueling. Its cargo-carrying exploits are well known. Its convertibility to the tanker role is a more recent innovation. Depending on mission requirements, Hercules has a fuel giveaway capability of up to 65,000 lbs. Furthermore, it has the unique ability to fly fast enough to refuel jet fighters and slow enough to refuel helicopters. In either case, wing- mounted drogues let Hercules handle two aircraft simultaneously, refueling each at a rate of 300 gallons per minute. With versatility like this, Hercules C-130 series aircraft are fulfilling a variety of airlifting needs for more than 55 nations worldwide. Lockheed-Georgia Giving shape to imagination.

The latest word In civil maritime patrol: Hercules Ask the United States Coast Guard -they fly a Hercules feet on maritime patrol missions. Ask any coast guard flying Hercules. Or ask any maritime patrol expert who has examined he Hercules. They will all agree, this unique aircraft handles he four basic operations of civil maritime patrol in a manner 10 other plane can match. The Hercules is large enough to carry the big radar equipment needed for maritime patrols. There's plenty of room n ifs main compartment for rafts and survival gear, and ifs large ten feet by nine feet rear hatch makes it easy to drop the rescue equipment accurately. The Hercules has a precise navigation system and it's an old hand at photo missions. If’s also proven in intercept missions. In fact, a Hercules made the first interception of a spacecraft returning to Earth. Once on course, the Hercules leaves other aircraft far behind. It can fly low and slow for long periods on just two of its turbo-prop engines. And, as the cost of fuel rises, those fuel- thrifty turbo-props are going to become more and more attractive to those concerned with budgets! Compared with jets, they can save hundreds of thousands of pounds over the lifetime of each plane. Economy, efficiency, versatility, they're all in the Hercules - the proven word in civil maritime patrol. Lockheed Hercules

The General Motors Matched Power Team of Allison Prop-Jet Engines and Aeroproducts Turbo-Propellers helps set new Performance Records in the versatile Lockheed Hercules ALLISON POWERS SIX VERSIONS OF PROP-JET C-130 – A little more than a year ago the Tactical Air Command took delivery of its first Lockheed Hercules. Today this amazing prop-jet transport is operating with the U.S. Air Force in the U.S., Europe and the Far East, and soon will report for duty with the Royal Australian Air Force. Already the matched team of Allison Prop-Jet engines and Aeroproducts Turbo-Propellers has logged 200,000 flight hours powering the C-130 to new performance records as a high-speed troop, cargo and missile transport – as an in-flight refueling tanker for fast jet fighters – as a “Ski-130” for Arctic use – and now as a “see-130” aerial map maker. Allison Prop-Jet power will soon bring record performance, dependability and operating economy to the commercial jet age, too in the luxurious Lockheed Electra – already ordered by 11 world airlines. ALLISON DIVISION OF GENERAL MOTORS, Indianapolis, Indiana ALLISON PROP-JET POWER

25,000 gallons per hour 750 gallons per hour The Hercules Savings Plan Those approximate gallons-per-hour figures are vital. Because today, when fuel costs appear to have no ceiling, the Hercules fuel economy means huge savings. The comparison above with a four-engine jet clearly emphasizes the point In terms of today's prices, Hercules fuel costs per ton-mile are low enough for savings to be made that can pay for the aircraft during its life. Put another way, those savings could be well over two million gallons a year. That’s because the four propjet engines use far less fuel than the finest fanjet engines available. Of course, Hercules is already world-famous as a rugged and versatile cargo aircraft. Loading and unloading is fast, at truckbed height or over the lowered rear ramp. The huge cargo compartment is shaped for freight. Fully assembled trucks, tractors and bulldozers can drive on and off without difficulty. A Super Hercules can also carry up to 50,000 pounds of cargo-including objects 50 feet long-and use short runways of dirt, snow, gravel or sand. And now Hercules is becoming world-famous for another reason: it's a big fuel saver. For further information, contact: Director of International Marketing, Lockheed-Georgia Company, Marietta, Georgia 30063, USA. Lockheed Hercules

9500 liters per hour 2850 liters per hour The Hercules Savings Plan Those approximate liters-per-hour figures are vital. Because today, when fuel costs appear to have no ceiling, the Hercules fuel economy means huge savings. The comparison above with a four-engine jet clearly emphasizes the point in terms of today's prices, Hercules fuel costs per ton-mile are low enough for savings to be made that can pay for the aircraft during its life. Put another way, those savings could be well over two million liters a year. That’s because the four propjet engines use far less fuel than the finest fanjet engines available. Of course, Hercules is already world-famous as a rugged and versatile cargo aircraft. Loading and unloading is fast, at truckbed height or over the lowered rear ramp. The huge cargo compartment is shaped for freight. Fully assembled trucks, tractors and bulldozers can drive on and off without difficulty. A Super Hercules can also carry up to 22650 kg of cargo-including objects 15 m long-and use short runways of dirt, snow, gravel or sand. And now Hercules is becoming world-famous for another reason: it's a big fuel saver. For further information, contact: Director of International Marketing, Lockheed-Georgia Company, Marietta, Georgia 30063, USA. Lockheed Hercules

WHAT NEXT? On a windy October day, 500 miles off the coast of Boston, a Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport became the largest and heaviest aircraft ever to land on and take off from a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier But that's just one of the labors of the mighty Hercules. Because in the last 30 years, the C-130 Hercules has consistently proven itself to be the most versatile, adaptable and durable airlifter in the world. Constantly refined and upgraded with the latest technologies, the Hercules has been used for a multitude of missions configured as everything from freighters and gunships to ambulances and firefighting tankers. What extraordinary accomplishment will this incredible workhorse achieve next? What have you got? Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Company Innovation Giving shape to imagination.