C-130 Fans Here in AudioKarma?

[nailer]

Took off and landed in one in Iraq. Evasive maneuvers... awesome in a C-130. No roller coaster even comes close!
Mike

Was TDY to SWA toward the end of 2004 and experienced the Camp Anaconda Death Spiral. The ride of my life!

 

[GuyK]

I came across a few old pics the other day and fired up the scanner.
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Most people who have lived around the Puget Sound will have seen those peculiar pancake clouds that sometimes appear above Mt Rainier in the summer. Looking to the SE towards the mountain as in the last pic in late July/early August around sunset the moon comes up right behind the mountain glowing orange from the dust in the air, arcing up towards the west. On the lucky evenings when those clouds appeared it looked just like good ol' Mt Rainier had just shot an enormous orange cannonball out it's top. It's a sight to be seen.

Cheers,
James

Those cap clouds are a definite sign that you don't want to be climbing the mountain right then, 'cause the wind is probably cooking at around 80mph. They're caused by a warm, moisture laden wind hitting the glaciers and condensing the moisture out to form a cloud. Once it blows past the mountain the cloud evaporates again.

 

[chicks]

Love this one: Fat Albert. Have seen its JATO-assisted takeoff a time or two at airshows. Always a thrill.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHOvoO-6nWQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh7kP-9iOsI

 

[SoundOfSound]

Love this one: Fat Albert. Have seen its JATO-assisted takeoff a time or two at airshows. Always a thrill.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHOvoO-6nWQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh7kP-9iOsI

Have you seen this one, almost but no cigar. :sigh:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKCl3lfAx1Q

 

[Bratwurst7s]

Love this one: Fat Albert. Have seen its JATO-assisted takeoff a time or two at airshows. Always a thrill.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHOvoO-6nWQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh7kP-9iOsI

Other than airshow stunts afaik the only regular use of the Jato bottles was with the ski acft in Antarctica. They needed the kick to help them break the surface tension when taking off from snow. Nobody liked them really, they are dangerous as hell.

E-models were the last aircraft to have the mounting points for Jato bottles. With the extra power that the -15 engines on H-models had they decided there was no need anymore.

Cheers,
James

 

[Bratwurst7s]

Have you seen this one, almost but no cigar. :sigh:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKCl3lfAx1Q

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/ymc-130h.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Credible_Sport

Cheers,
James

 

[Omegaman]

I was with the 101st

I always liked the C-130 (rolling down the strip). It seemed to pull us through the air in contrast to the C-141 jet that pushed us through the air

I couldn't take sitting sideways though

The true flying dumptruck is the C-47 Chinook, as long as it leaked it was fine, when it stops leaking, watch out

 

[GuyK]

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The true flying dumptruck is the C-47 Chinook, as long as it leaked it was fine, when it stops leaking, watch out

Isn't this the CH-47? I always thought C-47 was the USAAF version of the DC-3.

 

[oldskl]

I spent 30 minuits on one from Luxembourg to somewhere in Germany. I couldnt get out of that thing fast enough. I was a tanker though so I prefered to be on the ground.