Re: Herc goes under a Motorway Bridge

[whatsit]

>> Would this be one with a time-expired wing box?

>the photos say its VX305 which makes it a C-130K
>construction number falls in the 1966-68 time frame in the H model
>sequence.
>C/n 4273 XV305 C130K C.3
>thought the wingbox problem was in the A models and those fall in the
>1954-57 time peroid.

I'm pretty certain that the wingbox problem was actually in the E models. That is one reason why the USAF has been downsizing its C-130E inventory and replacing them with J's.

[John Szalay[_2_]]

whatsit > wrote in
:

>>> Would this be one with a time-expired wing box?
>
>>the photos say its VX305 which makes it a C-130K
>>construction number falls in the 1966-68 time frame in the H model
>>sequence.
>>C/n 4273 XV305 C130K C.3
>>thought the wingbox problem was in the A models and those fall in the
>>1954-57 time peroid.
>
> I'm pretty certain that the wingbox problem was actually in the E
> models. That is one reason why the USAF has been downsizing its C-130E
> inventory and replacing them with J's.
>
>

E production numbers show dates from 1961-1972
so they do overlap the K & H models a bit..