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Motorcycle Forum / General / Sportbikes / October 2007More Braking
How about stopping 85,000 lbs in 267ft. Unassisted, no arresting hook! http://www.military-heat.com/65/c130-hercules-deck-landing/ > Unassisted, no arresting hook! > > http://www.military-heat.com/65/c130-hercules-deck-landing/ > How about stopping 85,000 lbs in 267ft. > > Unassisted, no arresting hook! Meaning it would be easy to land one on the 264 yard-long flight deck of a Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier....... always provided that you didn't scrape the C-130's right wingtip off on the carrier's island, that is. Getting it back in the air might be a problem, though. >> How about stopping 85,000 lbs in 267ft. >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Getting it back in the air might be a problem, though. No problem at all! They made many landings and takeoffs in the test series. C-130s are more than capable of COD duties, but the Navy decided that it was not needed.  SignatureHeaven is where the police are British, the chefs Italian, the mechanics German, the lovers French and it is all organized by the Swiss. Hell is where the police are German, the chefs British, the mechanics French, the lovers Swiss and it is all organized by Italians. http://new.photos.yahoo.com/paul1cart/albums/ > How about stopping 85,000 lbs in 267ft. > > Unassisted, no arresting hook! > > http://www.military-heat.com/65/c130-hercules-deck-landing/ I saw that in person in Oshkosh this year (along with F-22 Raptor). The way this thing stops, starts and turns is just amazingly freaking. "The aircraft can carry 170,000 pounds of cargo (+its 280K) . It can deliver its payload on unimproved fields, landing in a distance of only 1500 feet and stopping in four seconds." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANjEziqCH8k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idZe6jT8C2Q > I saw that in person in Oshkosh this year (along with F-22 Raptor). The > way this thing stops, starts and turns is just amazingly freaking. The Hercules is probably my all time favorite aircraft. About the only thing they don't have it doing is high altitude recon. - Kurt |
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