A community portal about C-130 Hercules with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop cargo aircraft and the main tactical airlifter for military forces worldwide. Over...
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A community portal about C-130 Hercules with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop cargo aircraft and the main tactical airlifter for military forces worldwide. Over 40 models and variants of the Hercules serve with more than 50 nations. By December 2006 the C-130 will become the third aircraft to mark 50 years of continuous use with its original primary customer.
Once upon a time, back in the 1960's, my grandmother, my granddad and my father all worked for Lockheed Georgia Company in Marietta, Georgia . In those days the premier products coming out of Lockheed Georgia were the C-130, the C-141 and the C-5A. The Vietnam War was raging and Lockheed couldn't produce enough airplanes.
My father worked in international aircraft sales. Amongst the derivative products of the C-130 was the L-100. The L-100 was a civilian version of the venerable and... Read Full Story
Here's the Lockheed L-100 Hercules - one of the many variants of their C-130 Hercules military transport / cargo aircraft aimed for civilian use.
This L-100 Hercules papercraft is a dedication from Paper Replika to the fallen soldiers onboard a similar aircraft that crashed recently on the island of Java.
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14 July, 2009 04:27:00
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It's longer than an Olympic pool and could help save Australian lives in one of the world's most dangerous places. The C-17 heavy air lift aircraft has joined the Australian Defence Force in Afghanistan, marking the biggest technological advancement since troops were deployed to the war-stricken nation in 2001. The 51-metre-long aircraft can carry four times the cargo of existing C... Read Full Story
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MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine Air Force (PAF) Wednesday allayed fears that rebel forces might have been behind the crash of a C-130 Hercules plane in the Davao Gulf with nine people aboard on Monday night... Read Full Story
NELLIS TAXIS C-130 Hercules aircraft, like these taxiing in to Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Nov. 19, 2008, after a training mission, provide intra-theater heavy airlift to sustain operations throughout Afghanistan, Iraq and the Horn of Africa. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr., Read Full Story
The United States and Australian governments have promised to supply Indonesia with the types E and J giant C-130 Hercules cargo planes. Planning Assistant to Air Force Chief of Staff Air Vice Marshal Erry Biatmoko said in Jakarta Wednesday the United States had offered to grant six type-E Hercules cargo planes which would be ready to be sent to Indonesia in 2012. "The six, actually meant for three countries in Asia and Africa, had been improved and modified before their dispatch to... Read Full Story
Pre-Rigged Solution C-130 Hercules
The Pre-Rigged Solution includes a world-class model from PerspectX of a C-130 Hercules Airplane, rigged and configured for immediate use with Craft Direcotor...
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Pre-Rigged Solution C-130 Hercules
The Pre-Rigged Solution includes a world-class model from PerspectX of a C-130 Hercules Airplane, rigged and configured for immediate use with Craft Direcotor...
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