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Shay
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The greatest military aircraft ever built.............but then again I'm biased towards to the C-130. :wink:


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I agree, the C-130 is amazing.

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Shay wrote:
The greatest military aircraft ever built...
I think you mean WAS...
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bdk wrote:
Shay wrote:
The greatest military aircraft ever built...
I think you mean WAS...


STILL IS!!!! :wink:

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Agree. As they're still in production and in service with over 50 nations (probably more, I just remember 50...), I think that use of present tense is more than appropriate. :)

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I couldn't agree more, I've been in C-130 units for 16 years now, great bird, heck ours are all '64 models and still going strong. Guess I'm kinda biased also!


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I agree, the C-130 is amazing.


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I have to disagree!

It is too cramped in that bird!

Particularly when you have 54 combat loaded paratroopers stacked in there. On the first pass, I was the last jumper and had to have someone in the second pass check my static line 'cause I couldn't turn around! Hell, I was standing on guys that were sitting, waiting for the second pass!

Now the C-17...there is a nice bird! Lots of room! Very nice!
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Hey, it's not the Air Force's problem that the Army can't figure out space allocation...

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Hey, it's not the Air Force's problem that the Army can't figure out space allocation...
Gotta have the right tool for the job. If'n ya wanna fix yer watch wid a crow bar, get one a dem C-130s! :wink:
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mustangdriver wrote:
I agree, the C-130 is amazing.


http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/hi ... 0097.shtml


That is such an amazing event. That very aircaft is preserved in the Naval Aviation Museum!!

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Check out this C-130 low level fly-by

it's the Swedish Air Force and the pilots got in trouble afterwards...

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Amen!...C-130A in her Streisand nose...
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Yesterday, at Point Cook.

Not a particularly good photo, but, I suspect a unique shot of RAAF Hercs...

Why? (Warm feeling / pony for correct answer.)

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