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By: - 23rd November 2005 at 16:01 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
dam i cant download it properly!any chance you could try to post some stills?
By: - 23rd November 2005 at 16:02 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
yes it's 100% Real
If the landing was something, what about take off? :eek:
http://www.theaviationzone.com/media/c130_forrestal_takeoff.mov
source:
http://www.cgaux.com/C-130carrierlanding.htm
He he, now the next candidate is the C-17 or C-5 :D
By: - 23rd November 2005 at 16:16 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
can remember reading about this a long long time ago, if i can remember right the pilot got an afc or something as high from the president, it was called on board delivery trials but the navy said it was too expensive as they would have to use a carrier special for this task, ie no other aircraft, think they said something similar about useing the u2 from a carrier as well,
By: - 23rd November 2005 at 16:17 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
wow!that must have been some dodgy landing!was the aircraft practically stripped of anything not needed to keep it airbourne?!what about take off?was it rocket jet assisted?when was this?
By: - 23rd November 2005 at 18:46 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
My understanding is that the trials were with standard fit a/c w/o rato/jato.
Some might not have seen at shows etc but a C130's short field performance is pretty impressive esp on prepared surfaces & even with a useful load.
Frank
Horrido!
By: - 23rd November 2005 at 19:28 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
This concept is actually being revived as one of the options for the US Navy's Seabasing program, albeit with Js.
By: - 23rd November 2005 at 21:09 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I would think the C-27J would be a good candidate for this option, as well.
By: - 23rd November 2005 at 22:54 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
yes...there were video clips with the U2s too...truly amazing. Other amazing thing is landing the Broncos on the LHAs. Or the rescue of Mussolini.
By: - 23rd November 2005 at 23:26 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
U-2 on a carrier:
By: - 24th November 2005 at 05:31 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
The C-130 on the carrier was a C-130F model and it was being tested to see if it could be used as a long range COD aircraft.The point of basing the U-2R on the carrier was it was easier to load it onto a carrier and be off the coast of say,North Korea or Iran then it was to deal with security at a land base.The US Navy was also looking at a maritime patrol model of the U-2R with antiship missiles.
By: - 24th November 2005 at 16:39 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
There are more movies at the original site http://www.airandspacemagazine.com/ASM/Web/Site/QT/Menu.html
By: - 27th November 2005 at 13:57 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
The Herk-on-a-boat was of course nothing when compared to the Credible Sports program...
http://www.theaviationzone.com/media/c130_credible_sport.mpg
By: - 27th November 2005 at 14:42 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Well that's a Heavy Landing!
By: - 28th November 2005 at 16:34 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
this is real that plane is still in service with the USMC as a KC130 it was recently transiting through RAF Middenhall on its way to Iraq
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By: jbritchford - 23rd November 2005 at 15:50
Saw this, thought it might be of interest. Does anyone know for sure whether this is real or a load of BS? Link to the movie below:
http://www.airextreme.de/c130_forrestal1.mov