CD82
Well-Known Member
Is there a story behind these helicopters-lift-humvees-while-being-refilled pictures? Didn't they have a C130 around? Or no landing strip for a transport plane? Not that I'm complaining, it looks very cool...
They're in the middle of the ocean, C130s can't land on aircraft carriers. K?
Is there a story behind these helicopters-lift-humvees-while-being-refilled pictures? Didn't they have a C130 around? Or no landing strip for a transport plane? Not that I'm complaining, it looks very cool...
P38
Twin boomery:
https://pic.armedcats.net/b/bl/blayde/2009/08/28/ov-10-nog.jpg
*snip*
heavy liftage
Speaking of Hercs, a Hercules flew over my house a couple days ago and I was amazed at how quiet it was. I couldn't see the props but I suspect it was a Super Herc because it was quiet (relatively speaking, of course). I don't know why but foreign military cargo planes come through our air base a lot, so it could have been an RAF C-130J. Canada's ordered 17 C-130Js and we're set to start getting deliveries on them next year, but I don't think any will be coming here since they're supposed to be replacing older CC-130E models and the local air base has CC-130H(T)s (which are awesome and the only air-to-air refuelling capable C-130s in Canadaland)
They're in the middle of the ocean, C130s can't land on aircraft carriers. K?
The Hercules holds the record for the largest and heaviest aircraft to land on an aircraft carrier. In October and November 1963, a USMC KC-130F (BuNo 149798), bailed to the US Naval Air Test Center, made 29 touch-and-go landings, 21 unarrested full-stop landings and 21 unassisted take-offs on the USS Forrestal at a number of different weights. The pilot, LT (later RADM) James Flatley III, USN, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his participation. The tests were highly successful, but the idea was considered too risky for routine "Carrier Onboard Delivery" (COD) operations. Instead, the C-2 Greyhound was developed as a dedicated COD aircraft.
The deuce?
Not necessarily awesome aircrafts, but awesome photos of aircrafts.
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?album=4481&page=1&page_limit=15