Top 10 Iconic RAAF Aircraft - 3: Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Next in our countdown is an aircraft we’ve been flying for more than sixty years! At number three, it’s the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules.
The introduction of the C-130A Hercules in 1958 was a transport and logistics game-changer, with its rear cargo door allowing pallets to load and unload whatever needed to be transported rapidly.
A truly versatile aircraft, the current C-130J is continuing to deliver what we need, where we need, when we need it across the globe.
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The faithful Herc. Always there in times of crisis, whether helping the civilian population or our regional partners when required. There is no better sight when your hot, exhausted and hungry than the C130 engines turning and burning sitting on the strip ready to bring you home safely. To all the crews throughout the years thank you. You have do oz proud.
True. The Hercules has been in continuous service and non-stop production since 1955. Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Sahel, Central Africa, Timor, Somalia, Sinai, Haiti, Operation Damayan, Operation Tomodachi, MH370... So many people owe their lives to the good old but sturdy Herc.
As a kid when my father was in the army and have flown on C-130 I will never forget that time been on that plane as kid
My all time favourite RAAF Aircraft grew up near Richmond hearing them in the morning on the tarmac watching them fly low over my house. I would hear a Herc coming & run outside. From my grandmothers house I could watch them drop paratroopers & cargo out the back. Very fond memories. Backbone of the RAAF. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻👍🏻🙃🙃
Glad you enjoyed the video Mat. Only two more left. Stay tuned next Wednesday!
We lived on Richmond Air Base in 1968. Dad was the CO of 36 Squadron and was always flying off to Vietnam. Years later when Cyclone Tracy happened, it was he who sent the Hercs up to Darwin.
Live by Richmond Raaf base,love every plane that arrives there,all wonderful especially F35s recently.
Excellent video Thanks RAAF 👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
its so cool learning to fly at RAAF point cook and every time i go air side a massive c130 is right next to our planes
Logistics is the unsung hero and unseen force that determines the outcome of most conflicts.
One word…Beautiful!
how australia grew up..
love from the uk!
Thank you! keep up the good work Herky Birds, RAAF and Australia.
Saw one at RAAF base Wagga. Its such a great sight when your a cadet looking to work with these beautiful aircraft.
2min11, that’s gold, literally.
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I've flown in a Hercules.
Out of Edinburgh.
Down along the coastal suburbs of Adelaide.
We were allowed to walk out on the loading ramp while tethered.
The pilot also gave us a weightless experience and I landed on my bum on the rollers.
Still was a heap of fun though
Oh what a fantastic aircraft know one will ever know the lives that these aircraft saved and the comfort that they have provided. Thanks all the crews and maintainers and the RAAF for always being there you gave us such help and comfort after Tracey stay safe all
I remember the morning we filmed those segs, out of Richmond, in the Grose Valley. 01 was "right on the duck's arse" as the loadie put it. The tourists on the lookouts could not believe what came around the corner in front of them!
The RAAF was the first export customer for the C-130...
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Cheers! Great series.
Absolutely amazing!
Awesome
These planes are amazing. They’re like elephants of the sky, and they look cute like elephants, too.
I had no idea they were referred to as “Hercs”, and that they could take off from and land on, different surfaces.
Such a versatile aircraft. I’m glad they’re still being made, and in use.
#1 will be the CAC Boomerang. It was literally made by Aussies, one of the few aircraft that isn't imported or developed by foreign companies.
No, I'm betting F-35.
We've already had the Wedgetail and it's new.
The Boomerang is probably unknown by anyone currently in the RAAF
#1 will be the F-111 no doubt.
@@Afroninjaxandy . That would make sense but the most iconic aircraft in the World is the DC-3/C-47
Fifty four years service in the RAAF and nearly a hundred years flying in some parts of the World
@@MartintheTinman No, I actually think the Spitfire, it is so iconic in lots of countries, let alone being iconic anyways. It was one of the most mass produced aircraft in the world during the 2nd world war.
It almost had its origins with the North American Aviation Company in the US who developed the NA-16 trainer aircraft, from which Australia under licence developed and built the CAC Wirraway trainer. A proposal was made to incorporate as many major airframe parts from the Wirraway into the Boomerangs design as possible, but this was abandoned in the end.
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got to fly in one today
With over 60 years service, the Herc deserves its place in the top 3. It was never much fun if you ended up with a seat in wheel well and had to sit with your legs alternated with the guy opposite you.
But not the same aircraft.
A, E, H and J over that time but the C-47 served fifty four years.
The first one was the last one, 1945 to 1999
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The mighty Herky Bird we still fly the C-130H with our RNZAF in 2023 to be replaced by the C-130J✈️🇳🇿
What ever the need, you can always rely on the Herc
Still need to convert a few to the AC130 gunship.
Grrrrrrrr8 ✈️C 130
Why can't we turn these into flying fortresses? Try shining lasers at one of those badboys
The C-130 is equivalent to a GMC 2500HD crew cab with a Duramax diesel. If you take care of it, it will take care on any task you throw at it. God bless our Australian allies.
my father flew a c130a in to dawin right after cyclone tracy
Super Short Landings. Big pay loads. Not many aircraft tick that box.
Short airstrips are everywhere in our part of the planet. Replacements must have proven improvements before any retirement. Hercules, Caribou, are the stalwarts.
Their replacements must be better!
Great plane but I knew a better one ?, mirage3 jet out of Williamtown & Butterworth Malaysia
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DHC-4 Caribou > c130
Ute vs Deuce-and-a-half
Last year they were flying over the northern suburbs of Perth for a couple of weeks, called Pearce and was told that what they were doing was secret testing of capabilities, I will add it's the capabilities of an aircraft they have had for more than 60 years, with a flight path over one of the most densely populated areas of WA. I kept telling the idiot I didn't care what they were doing, just when are they going to stop flying low over my house. The idiot then assured me they weren't doing anything bad, are all RAAF personell thick as two bricks or do they just save that job for a person that is?
Hope to fly one when im older,2 🪽