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Noisy uncomfortable and hot,but the best at what it does. You can't stay in service that long without being the best.
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Neatest flight in a C-130 was from Kodiak to Nome, with a few stops between.
"Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"
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"Cut my teeth" on 1962 E models. Retired flying 1988 (contracted year)new from Lockheed H models. They smelled like a new truck!!!
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Happy birthday C-130. What a magnificent bastard.
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Noisy uncomfortable and hot,but the nest at what it does. You can't stay in service that long without being the best.
Absolutely. UPS has a flock of them.
Don't vote knothead, it only encourages them. Anonymous "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups." Anonymous "Self-reliance, free thinking, and wealth is anathema to both the power of the State and the Church." Derby Dude
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United Parcel Service operates C-130's?
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The civilian version anyway. I've seen it in Seatac the last time I was there a few years back.
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Don't vote knothead, it only encourages them. Anonymous "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups." Anonymous "Self-reliance, free thinking, and wealth is anathema to both the power of the State and the Church." Derby Dude
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Test pilot said, after first flight: We're gonna sell a lot of these. A great plane, without a doubt. My favorite transport. Wish more were in commercial service -- or at least those wings and engines for podunk airfields.
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It's unarguably the best large utility aircraft ever mfg., surpassing the venerated DC-3 in mission capacity.
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Bout 50/50 for me 123's and 130's but a Herc was a better ride anytime.
You better be afraid of a ghost!! "Woody you were baptized in prop wash"..crossfireoops Woody
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My favorite...
Loadmaster on E's in RVN, '68 to 70. They got me through 632 takeoff's and landings in Vietnam without a scratch (but I did have to run away, not walk, from 2 of them !!)
10,000 pound
kiss , on it's way out the door (We did a lot more than haul trash !!)..
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God a'mighty, I am getting old. Great ol' bird that.
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BGUNN, I think your C-130 needs the props resynced!!!
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Exited several while in flight! Loaded more than a few OH-58D's on them as well. Great aircraft. mike
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I know of one that didn't quite make it to 60.
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I watched one do THIS one time.....
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I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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They crashed this one. The rest worked. It is a shame it didn't get a chance to haul the US Embassy in Iran's hostages to freedom
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