C-130

[john e. holliday]

For those of us that go to "Plane-A-Day"  there is a great video of the flight crew doing their thing at the controls.   Watching the co-pilot, it has to be exciting to be a passenger.   Hey Paul, looks like a replacement design for the B-17.

[RogerGreene]

What a flight!!! WOW. That C-130 is acrobatic.

Thanks Doc. I now have a new place to go to see a great video.

Roger

[Dwayne]

Awesome what an empty cargo plane can do. I read a story by a FedEx DC 10 pilot, he said there is nothing like an empty dc10 with just enough fuel on board, going full throttle holding it on the runway until the last possible moment and then pull back on the yoke, could you imagine 

[don Burke]

Don't forget the slow roll done by the 707 prototype over Seattle!

[FLOYD CARTER]

The slow roll is one of the least stressful maneuvers to the airframe.  G forces will seldom exceed 2, which is OK for any FAA-certified plane.

Floyd

[Bill Little]

Been watching C-130s do amazing things since the mid-'60s.  That airframe has been in service about as long as the B-52.

BIG Bear
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[Sean McEntee]

   I thought 130s and C17s and stuff were cool until I experienced "combat landings".....   

[john e. holliday]

What is real fascinating is to see Fat Albert in person make the JATO take off.   Talk about exceleration to altitude.   

[Andrew Borgogna]

When I was in service I got to put a few miles in the backend of a C130 over Thailand.  The pilots refered to them as the "Pan Am" of Southeast Asia.   When lightly loaded it felt like they could go straight up.  I felt safer in the C130 than any other plane I ever flew in. 
Andy

[Steve Helmick]

One of my FF buddies, Pete Young,  introduced me to Dave Kerzie, who at the time was a FF guy and also a C-130 pilot out of Edwards AFB. Once upon a time, Dave was giving a check ride to a young Lt., and thought the guy needed a bit of education. Dave brought the engines to idle, feathered the props, while telling the Louie to watch the altimiter. They were gaining altitude, and kept gaining altitude. Don't ever say that you can't slope soar a C-130 on the "Sierra Wave". Larry Renger has probably heard this story also.  Steve

[EddyR]

Here is the link
http://www.planeaday.com/

[Andrew Borgogna]

Some the bravest pilots and crews that ever flew for the U. S. Air Force were the C130 crews that resupplied Khe Sanh Vietnam during the siege 1968.  Our crews were flying fighter bomber (F-105) support but the C130 crews were down in the thick of it taking fire from every direction.  True hero's in every sense of the word.
Andy