I was assigned to the AMST SPO at Wright-Patterson from 1976-1980 and was attached to the Test Wing to get my monthly flying time as a loadmaster on the C-130s. I flew on both 55-0022 and 55-0024 for several years. I was immensely gratified to discover that by the time I got there in 1976, both had been converted to 4-bladed props! Have been flying on commercial A-models since 2002, one of which is 55-0008 (N120TG) most recently used in the DARPA GREMLINS program, to deploy and later recover an X-6A from a C-130 (55-0008/N120TG).
Aeroproducts three-bladed synchrophasing?
in C-130 Historical
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I was assigned to the AMST SPO at Wright-Patterson from 1976-1980 and was attached to the Test Wing to get my monthly flying time as a loadmaster on the C-130s. I flew on both 55-0022 and 55-0024 for several years. I was immensely gratified to discover that by the time I got there in 1976, both had been converted to 4-bladed props! Have been flying on commercial A-models since 2002, one of which is 55-0008 (N120TG) most recently used in the DARPA GREMLINS program, to deploy and later recover an X-6A from a C-130 (55-0008/N120TG).