I was at an airshow where they had the WW2 Australian made boomerang fighter. Which would make this loud whistling sound when diving. And when the pilot was doing a dive to demonstrate the noise, The idiot on the PA wouldn't stfu, kept on rambling on about how the noise made and how awesome it sounds. I remember thinking "well stfu, so we can hear it"
This never gets old - I was a C-130E Crew Chief at Mchord AFB in the early 80's. 64-0514 and 64-0519. I can tell you that I never felt safer flying in an airplane that flying in these things. Such an amazing aircraft!
I had a little plastic model of this that Lockheed gave out to kids at the the introductory of the C-130. Lost it over the years. The let people board the aircraft and gave a tour . I was only 6 years old , but remember it like it was yesterday. Incredible plane !
accentplaya18 Yeah, that was some pretty good energy management right there. I don’t know how you do that without floating all the way down the runway.
Hard to argue...but, the only exception I can think of is the ONLY aircraft, I know of, that has an unlimited airframe life....the famous C-47....or DC-3.
It was about 59 years ago but I will never forget my first ride in a C-130. Only about 12 guys and our duffel bags on board. Didn't roll very far when he lifted off and the climb must have looked like the one in this video because it was awesome.
Can you believe we only started flying a little over 100 years ago? Humans have accomplished so much in such a short time. When you compare the technology achievement's from the last 100 years vs the 2000 years before it, it's crazy.
Thanks for the video. I'm a big Herkey Bird fan and former Air Force Communications Tech. My brother was an Air Force air weather officer on a C130 hurricane hunter crew out of Biloxi around 1973-1974. Always enjoy Hercules videos.
I live just South of the Minnesota National Guard base and pretty regularly about once or twice a month I can hear two or three of these fly right over my house either approaching or departing from MSP International Airport. Such a distinct, rumbling hum. Can always tell when they are flying over.
I was a Crew Chief on an RC-135 in the Air Force, yet I always found the C-130 the most impressive aircraft to grace the skies. The ability and the utility is simply awe-inspiring.
C-130 can land in 1500 ft, sure, but so can a C-17, and it's almost three times the size!! I got to see one do that operationally, once. :) The preferred exit taxiway was blocked by an aircraft waiting to take off, so the tower offered the pilot the option of the first infield taxiway, or to taxi all the way to the end of the 11,324 ft runway. The pilot chose the first taxiway option. :D What a sight!! That same aircraft did a short takeoff with steep climbout when it left, just to keep showing off. :)
I've only seen the blue Angels once they did a flyover a few days ago and it was awesome but I love them there so cool and awesome and Ive watched tons of airshow with the blue Angels on RU-vid and there awesome especially the pilots that fly these planes
Awesome!! I bet those maintenance guys can change the brake linings and tires in their sleep. Because to do this demo 2 3 times at each air show you know they burn them up rapidly.. you can see the black brake dust and tire smoke blasting off those wheels when she comes to a stop.. Awesome demo though..great aircraft..🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💪💪🙏
The 'prop' version of the Harrier Jump Jet. It may look clumsy and awkward but it is an amazing aircraft. It has taken on many rolls in the military including landing on a carrier.
it was done to approve navy requirements for purchase but i was not practical for carrier operations as deck had to be entirely cleared of all planes to allow it because of the wing span
As an airframe, the Hercules is a fossil, outdated. I flew the A model in the Air Force in two versions: aerial photography and survey and the attack version in Vietnam. However, this outdated workhorse has been updated, upgraded, and configured in so many ways that to design a replacement would be extremely difficult if not extremely expensive. It’s slow, it has propellers, it’s noisy, it’s expensive to run but OMG, it does everything so well! The Hercules will be around forever!!
None of the parts of the latest model will interchange with the A version. TANG Memphis flew the B models for a long time. A friend a ground maintenance guy told me that they had to make by hand many of the parts that they needed to keep them flying and would make some for other stations also.
You clearly know nothing of the J version, which is the most capable aircraft in its class in the entire world. The J has 6-bladed props, a crew of just 3 (2 pilots and 1 loadmaster), can take up to 128 passengers or 92 paratroops, has a 41’ length cargo bay, has a main payload of up to 44,000lbs, an MTOW of 164,000lbs, a cruise speed of 348kn and a range of 1,800nmi at max payload. The only thing the J has in common with the A-T models is the overall shape. Otherwise it’s all-new.
WOW. They put one of those ace fighter pilots IN THAT C-130!! That is a semi doing stunts normally only - a Maserati can do! No I don't know much about airplanes or cars, but dang! You don't have to know much to know you cant land a huge transport plane on an aircraft carrier! (But they say that one does!) Anyone remember the airlift to West Berlin done during the cold war? It would have been a LOT easier with a few of these! Fat Albert was worthy of a show all her own, thank you for sharing.
@lilljimmy96 It's a jet engine with a gearbox on the front of it that transmits the rotation of the engine to the prop on the other side of the gearbox.
Some RAF boys come hooning down the small valley at the back of my place at a crazy low height in one of these. Sounded like someone had unleashed an entire apocalypse but it didn’t half look good.
It costs too much to build & maintain. At the very minimum, you'd need to add an extra turbo-gearbox and propeller set to the design, which means doubling up on relevant spare parts reserves & supply line transport around the world. Apparently the flight performance benefits don't outweigh this burden.
Hello Big Step Brother Share and share alike....but they forgot to tell me. No BS Tom. I'll talk with you but Not Eugene and Laura. Cpt. Tom Blackburn merit for you're efforts in protocol and 'I didn't read the entire hand book.... Well, there it is;as the tourch had been past to a new crew ' Amazing Airplane and capabilities so it does in life and Family matters . All the angels Rock!!!!
All C-130's are called "Fat Albert" not just yours. Still gotta love this amazingly capable aircraft.This is the way we do it,Ultra Low Pass Hercules C-130 Mach Loop CAD WEST.
Can't believe they are just mothballing them. I've heard a restored one can be had for 1.5-2M. How cool would it be to start a new independent cargo hauling service? Got supply chain? You find 15-20 people to go in on it...start some sort of a co-op.
No, I would *not* want to be on that aircraft during one of those types of take offs. He put the wheels up to reduce drag, not because the aircraft had reached enough velocity to climb and he was betting on the reduced drag. Then when he finally reached just barely enough velocity to climb he did it really steep to where the aircraft stalled and started to fall, so he was betting on it gaining velocity from falling to pull the nose up just enough without crashing. Sorry, my balls are *not* that big.
It used to be they didn't play any music, let alone shit music. And the announcer didn't constantly yammer over speakers turned up to 12, and certainly not over the sound of the aircraft.
