I came in one of these to America from Iran some 47 years ago on May day 1975. We were near the Azores Islands that the pilot said '' Saigon fell'' , I was in Cockpit . Those days there was flight engineer behind pilot on right hand side. The gentleman in center is Power engineer. His job is: all day long to make sure the four engines work right. He is also responsible for propellers' pitch and RPM. The standing gentleman on left was pilot instructor. These days, the flight Engineer is gone; Satellites do the NAVIGATION. That trip took four days from Tehran to New Jersey. With stops in Napoli, London and Azores Islands. I love the sound of that plane. One of my bestest memory in life in 72 years. Thanks for upload Greetings from California.
Seems like there's a 5th person (engineer?) seated behind the copilot. A part of their uniform appears briefly at the lower-left corner of the screen just before the video ends.
Beautiful, absolutely beautiful piloting. Cool, calm, collected. Kudos to her and the whole crew! There's no substitute to great training and smarts, boy or girl. You go girl!
@@bulldawgmoore6584 Okay, fair point. 😀 But boy, girl, or whatever else out there serving my nation (the one I too served for 36 years) I still say, kudos warrior and thank you for your service!
Love the hum of then turboprops...C-130 dropped me into Pleiku AB and 9 months later took me out to Ton San Nhut to go back into the world, back in '67. Wow.
A long-time aviation freak, as a very young man I got to work as an electronic tech on the C-130 and fly on the bird several times, once in the cockpit. What a sweet-flying and incredibly capable machine!
I too worked on c 130s And survived explosive decompression, flying in and out of hurricanes sideways in the grand canyon and other things!!!!great aircraft and very reliable Keep her around for the next 60 years
So did I, I was a 32874 AFSC but worked on the tacan, apn-59, VOR, comm, radio altimeter, doppler nav., etc. It was a fun time but all those systems have been replaced by all the new technology. It was 40 plus years ago but the basic airframe is the same.
I wish Elected Officials were able to run an Office as well as these Members of the Armed Forces. Maybe that's why wars end up being the ultimate conclusion..Awesome Job!
@@AlienPain As retired C-130 flight engineer SNCO, I very much appreciate your confidence...that said...I have to assure the militaries" various office functions don't walk on water. 🤣😂
I'm 76 and I can't begin to remember how many parachute jumps I've made from this aircraft, including during operation "Power Pack" during the revolution in the Dominican Republic beginning in April 1965.
Only time I flew on a C-130 was from Dhahran to Riyadh, arriving for desert shield. They flew at a bumpy 1kft over the desert and left the ramp down, packed with troops and baggage for air conditioning. Made us all unload our rifles
That was nice to see back in the late 80s I was a Air cargo specialist!!! Loaded many 130s flew many routes on them but never got to be in cockpit!!! I still to this day salute a d wave when I see a 130!!!
I was in special ops in the 80's and got to fly in these often. After every take off a guy would come out the cockpit and shine a torch into the wings. Never got to ask what he was looking at. Great memories of a very capable aircraft.
They have incredible acceleration. When those four big propellers bite the air, and the take-off roll starts, you know you're going to be in the air ASAP. Once, when an RNZAF one was doing its 'get'-off-the-ground-quick' bit, I saw the seatbelt come undone of a guy sitting on the tail end of one of the middle seats. He instantly came off his seat and was heading at high speed to the canvas tent in the rear (read toilet). He grabbed the end of the seat to save himself, and was air-borne and pretty well horizontal for several seconds, which was very funny to watch. What made it even funnier is that he had something stowed beside him, and it decided that it wanted to go to the toilet most urgently, and then for several seconds he didn't whether to save himself or his gear. In the end he favoured life and limb... 🤣
What a great sound. Was a kid when my dad was flying the c130 20 years ago. Now flying a 747-8F , but trust me .........I always wanted to fly this bird. Go America .as a french , having lived in Houston Texas for 5 years , I know how much we owe you,. Your are,really the best. God bless you
+Avoiding Trees Hey there dumb kissass creep, everything Hitler warned us about has come true, that's why France is fucked and America is going the same way. Wake up idiot.
+MrShirial America is a Terrorist State. Americans are invading Muslim countries in regions with oil to conquer the Earth and establish a NATO Caliphate called the New World Order owned by Wall Street/City of London. As shown in the video link below, 13 years ago in 2003 the NATO Supreme Commander US General Wesley Clark explained petro-dollar control of oil as the globalists political motivation directing the Pentagon. /watch?v=9RC1Mepk_Sw
I flew in a few of these from Kunsan AB Korea down to Clark AB in the Philippines back in the early 80’s. Slower than the C-141 but it got us there. Great memories.
I grew up by Muskegon Airport in MI watched these sll day and long since I was young lived in that house 1 mile from Airport from 1968 when I was 1year old till 1990 loved watching them fly all them years
I live about 30 miles from Dahlonega Georgia. There is a ranger camp there and see them fly over my house all the time. I never get tired of hearing them and seeing them. Awesome sight especially when there are 4 to 5 of them.
Interesting to see the flight deck again. When I was up front in the late 70’s, we had all conventional instrument and engine guages. All engine guages were rotated so that all needles pointed straight up when engine operation parameters were ‘normal’ - It enabled at a quick glance, to see if there was anything amiss. I note that this cockpit has the ‘normal’ position as horizontal needles. I note that the capable pilot is doing a lot of looking around (spacial awareness) which is excellent, but I notice that the second officer rarely looks outside and to the sides. Just because he is second seat does not mean that he does not share in this responsibility.
The sound of those engines sure brought memories. I notice a couple of difference in techniques from my days flying with the USAF. We always gave a strong thumbs up when commanding gear up. (And thumbs down for gear down). Our flight engineers always braced the pilot's and copilot's seats in case they became unlocked and the pilot/copilot slid back and dragged the throttles back with them. Evidently this had happened.
This looks like a training mission - I never got the chance to fly one - but I'll never forget how those C-130's saved my ass many times throughout my twenty-five years. Truly a solid aircraft -that holds a place in every Airborne's heart.
I had the privilege of flying the might Herc at Dyess. I flew in the E, H and J models. Man, that bird can bank hard (for a cargo plane) and is pretty versatile when landing in various hotspots after 9/11 kicked off. Its truly a "workhorse" for the armed forces.
C-130 crews are worth their weight in gold. Much love to them for all they did during Iraq and Afghanistan. From a C17 Loadmaster who's now retired and bored in Los Angeles.
Flown in c130 once. Right up there with flying in a uh60. The herc flight was perfect. Smooooooth. Couldn't feel it touch down, the pilot just flew it onto the runway.
Really? You have never flown in a c130 in combat then. It wasn't designed for sissy boys. It was designed for short runways on top of mountains and places hard to get into. They will crash and burn when shot down. Don't go brag about a flight that was perfect.
I watched a female captain do a preflight on one of these one day before they left our ramp She was there two hours prior to the rest of the crew and never stopped moving
In the Marines, the 1st mech and flight engineer pre flight the a/c. The pilots, nav and load master do a pre flight brief, which I never attended once as I was busy pre flighting everything but the flight deck. Engineer did that. The pilots would come out, and ask how it looked. We have them any facts that they needed to drive the bus but we took care of the horses. Now, they got rid of the nav and the flight engineer is called the crew master, no mech, just a loadmaster in the back.
Got to experience a take off in this bird in 1987. I was in air-force ROTC program. Took off from the 146th airlift wing when they were in Van Nuys CA.
It’s amazing. These are kids flying these airplanes. They are so impressive. The airlines would never give such responsibility to such young people with relatively fewer hours in spite of their high levels of expertise and excellence. What do the gloves do for them? Good for them. Proud of them.
Not kids, men and women. Kids are in college sucking up the gravy and crying about how bad they have it. I respect these ones college punks have shown no promise for 30 years.
@@observer1242 I understand what you mean. As you age you see it, especially if you were active duty. No disrespect intended. I'm impressed with the young woman!
The first production C130 the air force purchased is at Eglin AFB museum on display as it was for the majority of its life---- an AC- 130A model gunship #129! I served as weapons mechanic on the H models based at Hurlburt field! I had never heard of an AC130 when I was on delayed enlistment back in 1980! I was working at a lake marina in Georgia at the time! One day out front of marina I heard the familiar sound of a C130 and just over the tree tops came one 3 to 400 ft off the deck! This one was different it was Grey and towards the rear on one side it had a red tubular thing sticking out its side! When I got assigned to Hurlburt and saw the gunships, I knew exactly what I had seen that day! It's crazy that I wound ip working on that very aircraft the next year or so later!!! Best years of my life, served under a good president who was a former vet himself!!! REAGAN!!!!
We used Omega VLF with celestial backup from 78 till I retired in 93, GPS came out after I was gone. Omega was excellent until you could find a TACAN station to update position more accurately.
Rode in a Herc from Mildenhall AB to Frankfurt am Main on my way to Saudi during Desert Shield. Its humming engines are music to my ears. Able to sleep and before you know it, I was in West Germany.
I do appreciate that while she's busy taking off, she still has time to adjust the radiator with her left hand to ensure a comfortable working temperature in the cabin.
1977, Canadian Armed Forces C130, standing at the back of the cockpit during take off off from Ross River, how much fun was that!! Those buggers could fly.
My experience aboard a C-130 was Vietnam returning from the hospital, we all were sitting with our backs against the side walls while the center was stacks of green rubber bags all bouncing in unisons and no one made a peep the entire flight. (you know what was in those bags). I'm 75 and that one time still gets to me a bit.
In 1976 I went to visit my fiancé who was a flight engineer on C130s at Lyneham. I had driven a long way to go see him and when the Captain found out he let me fly with them on a trip to the Isle of Man in support of the Red Arrows. One of the most memorable days of my life.
Woman power! It's nice to see women in command or in any crew seat in videos which simply show the operation of something along side the necessary videos which are done to promote women doing these tasks. Some people complain in the comments sections when there is mention of a woman or mention of a woman only crew. However, a video such as one like this just showing how it's done usually has all men crews and even with sons taking rides in spare crew seats where those are available, I have not seen a daughter taking a trip in such a seat to learn and experience her mother's or father's profession. Way to go for a cooperative crew in this video. They appear to do their jobs seamlessly. ❤
The cockpit is a busy place... all eyes outside, guys. I've been privileged to stand behind the pilot while coming into our crowded UK airspace to land at Brize in very poor visibility. It was in all senses an eye-opener. Anyone who thinks this is straightforward should think again, the hazards come at you thick and fast. I have complete respect.
Having rode in C-130s a few times many years back, I will say that was a nice looking takeoff. Also noticed the Flight Engineer "yawning" to equalize the pressure in his ears, no one ever said Hercs pressurize all that smoothly, ha ha.
My first flight in any aircraft ever was a C130 shortly after trade training (RAF -1988) My SNCO and CPL told me I was going on a 'secret mission' into what was then the USSR. The rattled up some paperwork etc for the gag, listing loads of dos and donts, what to do if I got caught etc and told me to sign it. So I was in the bed seat placed in cockpit & so excited, My NCO who had arranged the jolly had told the aircrew who kept the gag going. My first flight ever and I'm going to Russia !WOW! We took off and sometime later landed at a snowy airfield where a load of troops got out. I had a quick leg stretch and a smoke and we set off back to RAF Lyneham. I was buzzing, thinking we had just just inserted a load of ground troops into Russia. Turns out it was Norway and the troop drop was just normal exercise stuff. 😆
my favorite way to fly....... commercial airliners I refuse to travel on but the C-130 Herc I will fly on ANY day... beautiful to see the lady PIC also
Still remember the approx 4 hour flight to Brisbane from Auckland in an RNZAF C-130 to get to the 1988 World Expo when in the RNZ Navy band. Great times. I recall the confidence we all had in the very professional crew. Quite an experience for my first overseas trip!
My family were stationed at RAF Lyneham. I’d left home to work. They had an open day and my mum, dad and brother got to fly in a Hercules. Absolutely gutted I missed out on that. 😢
One deployment, I showed up severely hungover and still drunk for a C-130 flight. It was obvious! The crew chief informed the pilot and crew, then came back and told me if I had to puke that I should puke in my kevlar. I laughed and told him I would be fine. Well, the next 3 hours were grueling, to say the least. The pilot would take the plane up, then drop it a few hundred feet, back up, back down, hard turns, back up, back down. They almost got me to puke, but I managed to hold it in until we landed. Upon disembarking the plane, I was green as hell and ran to the side of the tarmac and puked all over. Hey, at least it wasn’t in the C-130. Semper Fi!!
My dad told me of the time he went to Marietta, GA as part of the selection team tasked with recommending a new transport aircraft for the RCAF. He says they were treated like princes by Lockheed but their decision to recommend the C-130 was a no-brainer.
Cool!! I worked instruments on these and the C-141 back in the 1970s. If you needed to change a part on one of the engines, you knew you were going to get real dirty!!
Lol! This is my nieces daughter. Looks like she did a fine job. We have two in the Air Force serving right now. This one and her cousin who is a male. She has now moved on to flight training on the infamous Warthog
The miracle of the American aviation industry, which forgives ninety-nine errors out of a hundred pilot errors.This beautiful and noble bird has been and is my love.
É maravilhoso ver isso. Ver as mulheres vencendo em todas as áreas da humanidade, e pode ter certeza que as coisas sairão bem perfeita, porque as mulheres prezam pela perfeição em tudo que fazem.
I have flown many hours in Canada's north doing land resource work and many times the pilot was a woman, both helicopter and fixed wing. I found them all to be very good pilots. I would fly with them anytime.
Again, if you had any clue what you are talking about, you would not have made such a stupid ridiculous statement. You sound more and more like a professional agitator.
i remember seeing entire formations of about 5 or 6 of these as a kid growing up in Rhode Island in the 1970's. Back then the RIANG was based out of Green then they located to Quonset
I remember Quonset Point when it was an active Naval Air Station. My father was stationed there in the early 60s. He flew S-2 Trackers in VS-31. I remember hearing the sonic booms when the fighter planes would go supersonic. I haven’t heard a sonic boom in decades. It wasn’t until many years later that I realized how different life was for military brats than it was for a child of civilians.
The two leaning towards the front reminds me of my brothers and myself in the 1960s when the dashboard on those cars were something to look. And my own kids leaning forward asking are WE THERE YET?
Pretty quiet, sound must have been turned way down, I took a few rides on C130s in Vietnam, and it’s so noisy you have to yell to communicate. They are the work horses of the military, one of the safest aircraft, proven many times over.
Got to stand in the cargo bay many years ago...it made me feel very small...saw the stairs to the flight deck, but was not allowed to go there .. I'm sure I would have stroked out....
