ARK HERKY LOAD Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Love the cartoon. I always thought these things were neat. I would love to find some shirts they are talking about. Thanks for posting them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ikar Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 The guy's name was Dave Davenport. When I was at Littlerock I somehow came in contact with him while he was stationed at Pope. I proveded some photos for a book he was doing on the C-130 and received a copy when it was published but never got around to getting some T-shirts. Just never had the money. That was back in the mid to late 70s and after I left for Kadena, I lost contact completely. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F106A Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 (edited) A few pics from a recent trip I took to the desert and back. Mark He did it! After landing at LRAFB following an ESP for a prop low oil light. (Note the feathered prop.) Full ramp at LRAFB at sunset. Our loadmasters in their usual in-flight positions! Getting gas in Canada Stop for gas in Iceland at old Kef' Edited February 8, 2008 by Mark O. Williams Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big Har Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Here's a Rhode Island Air Guard C-130J doing a flyover at the Jacksonville Beach air show 10/07. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Koen L Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Best photo topic yet, love the Herc! I have dozens of Herc shots on my photobucket account so I'll try to post a few every now and then. Here's the first bunch: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hazmatt Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Commando Solo at MacDill last year. This thing was bada**! Matt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Julien (UK) Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 AC-130 Taken at RAF Mildenhall 1990 Julien Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Julien (UK) Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 (edited) I took these at RAF Fairford 1989 US MC-130 RAF Herc's US Coast Guard Royal New Zealand Airforce Can you believe these guys flew all the way from New Zealand to the UK in a Herc! Julien :) Edited February 9, 2008 by Julien (UK) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Julien (UK) Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Some from RAF Fairford 1997. 501 Sqn Portuguese Airforce 4 Sqn Royla Airforce of Oman 335 SKV Royal Norwegian Air Force Israeli Airforce Julien Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Julien (UK) Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 More from RAF Fairford 1997 Swedish Airforce USAF Royal Jordanian Aiforce I think this airfracft came straight from refit & repaint at Marshalls for the show. Julien Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ikar Posted February 9, 2008 Author Share Posted February 9, 2008 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Koen L Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Excellent, keep em coming people! A few more from me: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Royal New Zealand Airforce Can you believe these guys flew all the way from New Zealand to the UK in a Herc! Julien :) In 2005 they did it again. This time they acted as the support aircraft for the Red Arrows, so the UK had more of their own Hercules availlable for their troups in Iraq. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Koen L Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
viper50 Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 A couple of Fat Albert pics from the Naval Aviation Museum. Don M. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mkimages Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 (edited) Here is a scan of a couple of C-130 bits a friend saved for me from the scrap heap at the factory. The light green is the overall color applied to the cargo bay interior (and, I'm pretty sure, most interior airframe spaces). I'm not sure of the darker green but it is a color used somewhere on the Herk. The oval patches are pasted in and are taken from 11x11 pixel samples of each piece to account for surface irregularities causing reflections in the scan. Hope these will help anyone trying to match that difficult green in the cargo bay. Edited February 19, 2008 by mkimages Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike5401 Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 I'll post some of my crapy pics. Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SteveV22FE Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Mark, Are you in the 40th? I was in the 40th!! Before that I was in the 773rd. I was a GAC troop at Dyess from 1991 to 1996. I heard a lot has changed since I was there last. A bunch of JPADS rigs in the back of my aircraft today. We dropped these from "way up high" over YPG today and get to do it again tomorrow! Below is a pic of me when we landed and I had just taken off my O2 mask! For all of the crew it was our first time dropping from "way up high"! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F106A Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 (edited) Mark, Are you in the 40th? I was in the 40th!! Before that I was in the 773rd. I was a GAC troop at Dyess from 1991 to 1996. I heard a lot has changed since I was there last. Yep! PM on the way! Mark A 317th AG tail. Taken January 08 at Little Rock AFB. Edited February 13, 2008 by Mark O. Williams Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ikar Posted February 17, 2008 Author Share Posted February 17, 2008 Note the tail code: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ikar Posted February 17, 2008 Author Share Posted February 17, 2008 My wife's aircraft from when we were at Littlerock: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 I wonder what that dome on top is for? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ikar Posted February 17, 2008 Author Share Posted February 17, 2008 No telling, when I was taking the picture non of the crew were in the area. When I got a chance to come back later she was gone. We had all sorts of strange looking Herks wonder in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Koen L Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 This topic is moving too far down the page so time to add some more, including some old scans: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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