Lockheed HC-130H Hercules #1 by goodoleboy
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Captured back on 10/25/09, at the 8th Annual Wings Wheels Rotors & Expo, held at the beautiful Joint Forces Training Base (JFTB) in beautiful Los Alamitos, California.
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Thought you'd seen the last of this gorgeous type aircraft? Forget it. I have still more pics of it in my files.
Surprisingly, not only does the Austrian Air Force have C-130s, but also the United States Coast Guard Search and Rescue team, with this particular plane, with the cool paint job, stationed in Sacramento, California.
Following are some stats on this beauty. Rob should love it.
Cruise airspeed: 334mph
Endurance: 14 hours
Range: 4,028 statute miles
Wingspan: 133 ft
Length: 100 ft
Height of tail: 39 ft
Maximum gross weight: 155,000 lbs - 175,000 wartime lbs
Average empty weight: 79,000 lbs
Engines: Four Allison T-56-A-15 turboshaft engines
Propellers: Hamilton Standard constant speed full feathering
Diameter: 13ft-6in
Adieu, thankx for coming aboard, and for any and all favs and noncritical comments.
Comments (8)
Fantastic collage here Harry, that is one magnificent plane.
This aircraft is a monster when seen in the sky. A beautiful plane anyway you look at it. Nice shots Dad!
One monster of a plane...and terrific collage. Glad there will be more pics.
that a big plane there
Wonderful series of shots detailing this big bold and beautiful flying monster, Harry. Great quality shots as always!
Well Harry impressive in fact 78 Countries operate the Hercules Military wise and another 6 use in the Civilian role! Obviously, the U.S is the biggest user, all services I believe use it, the U.K. coming second, they are taking new ones on at the moment.. Makes you wonder, when will this aircraft be replaced! Already the first models are in the U.S.A.F Museum at Dayton and The RAF Museum at Cosford (thats the second half of the RAF Museum).. Impressive going huh? Great shots mate.. Rob
Five wonderful POV for this great collage Harry. I still like the looks of those turbo-props on this workhorse. Beautiful colors in these photos!
wow, I really thought I'd commented on this, but I was wrong. What a different montage, compared to number 2: Lots of angles! It brings out the juxtapositions of the plane's many parts. And you end on a single tail wing, with another one whispering in the background: A very unexpected, dramatic end to the series. Ok, what I said about sunlight in the last comment? I didn't realize, till now, how much "white" this plane has. I don't know...but to me, this would be a real challenge. All that white and all that light, and little around it for contrast? It's almost like shooting in a desert, to me. But you've been doing this a long time, so you got real clarity and contrast---between props and wing and body. And btw, the people give us scale in a way little else could. Also, I agree with Dana about the colors; and their contrasts are esp apparent in the last shot, where they sit against that vast blue sky. (Reminds us what these planes are for in the first place: to fly, that is...) More beautiful plane work from you, with more monumental angles.