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"Tex Houston" wrote:
What amazes me is that they took a fighter pilot (however skilled at piloting a fighter), checked him out in a C-130 Hercules (a bird of a QUITE different feather) and let him attempt this pretty dangerous mission when there's likely many hundreds of pilots MUCH more skilled in handling a Herc than him. -- -Gord. Two tasks involved, landing on a carrier and landing a C-130...I submit landing on the carrier may be the more difficult. While assault type landings are practiced by C-130 pilots they aren't directed toward a moving target. Purely opinion, mind you. Tex For sure...yes, as you say two tasks. I suppose there must have been very solid reasons...and likely quite heated opinions on both sides during the planning stages...the Military isn't known for doing serious things like this willy-nilly. It was likely as you say, although I'm sure some might think that there were ulterior motives, I doubt it on second thought. Thanks. -- -Gord. (use gordon in email) |
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Hi Jake, et al,
Actually the Herk has no "lockout "(the P-3 does however) to prevent going into beta inflight. Just lift the power levers over the ramp. The big blue sleeping pill sez don't do it! Good call. I can't imagine a pitchlocked prop while coming over the ramp - that would really wreck your lineup! BTW back in the 70s NATC Pax actually did some FCLPs in the P-3, but cool heads prevailed and the project never went to the boat! Tom Clarke Herks at Pax "Jake Donovan" wrote in message news:223xd.4183$Qk5.3046@lakeread04... More moons ago, Gator Chunning, after retiring from the Navy and heading up Lockheed's Navy Projects division told me no mods were done to the prop pitch. The only mods done were to the brakes, they installed new anti skid brakes and a smaller nose gear. All external tanks were removed The aircraft was taken directly out of the USMC stock, a KC130F, sent to Lockheed for the mods. Then Lt., James Flately III was qualed in the aircraft by Lockheed's chief test pilot, whose name escapes me right now. There was a measured 40kt head wind over the bow during the trials. 21 full unassisted landings and take offs were made before the end of the tests. Flately was awarded a DFC. All other stories about rocket assists, modified pitch, downward thrust are all fairy tails. Jake PS On a lighter side - On the fuselage below the cockpit was painted "Look Ma, no hook!" "Yofuri" wrote in message ... Gord Beaman wrote: "C.D.Damron" wrote: "William W. Plummer" wrote in message news:h7mwd.768167$8_6.703195@attbi_s04... Iwan Bogels wrote: There was a famous experiment to prove that a fully loaded C-130 could land on a carrier. The roll-out was 270 feet. Thrust reversers were used before it was on the deck. I'll bet those landings left something to be desired for comfort. I think I can find a short video of the landings and will be happy to post it if someone can tell me where. I don't think that pitch was reversed in those trials. I don't know but it could have been after the a/c was on the deck and even before with some futzing with the squat switch circuits that normally prevent that. I've seen both of the tapes. How do you know that they didn't use reverse? -- -Gord. (use gordon in email) Smoky Stover told me that they used pitch reverse, and that the squat switches had been bypassed to allow it without WOW. I never knew on how many of the landings they used it or not. Rick |
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