C-130 ... big chunk of flying metal [Archive]

Paul Anderson

November 26th, 2011, 20:51

http://player.vimeo.com/video/32377125?autoplay=1

Tako_Kichi

November 26th, 2011, 22:01

Nice! :applause:

jankees

November 26th, 2011, 23:57

incredible...

txnetcop

November 27th, 2011, 01:28

It's all been said...WOW!

AusWilko

November 27th, 2011, 01:31

Awesome

In total command, new the limits completely

Mr.Mugel

November 27th, 2011, 01:43

I like the GPWS calls! Looks like the pilots has some serious guts! Thanks for sharing.

DaveKDEN

November 27th, 2011, 05:46

Oh Yea!:salute:

res non verba

November 27th, 2011, 08:00

the C130 is one of those planes that like dc3 it was been here 50 years before this new generation of aircrafts and will be here 50 years after they all gone!

i proudly maintained it for 4 years, it's an awesome aircraft!

thanks for share!

:ernae:

dougal

November 27th, 2011, 08:17

Once again, Awesome!

There are not many people in this world that get the chance to be paid, to do what they love doing most in life. Although never having had HIS experience, I am one of the fortunate few to have had almost 15 years of doing just that, and I can tell you by his voice alone, he knows just how lucky he is.

To the few - I salute you!

TeaSea

November 27th, 2011, 15:46

It is the most wonderful airplane flying.

Railrunner130

November 27th, 2011, 16:14

I'm interested to see what that wing box looks like. Despite being a nearly brand new airplane, that had to hurt the wing box.

fliger747

November 27th, 2011, 16:33

I drove around the C-130 for about three years. Interesting display, but I would tend to agree with the above poster, the C-130 series was notorious for structural issues, the results of which might not show up till one stormy night. Undoubtedly the plane when empty is a better performer than when with fuel or payload to do something useful.

The boys up at Elmendorf at Anchorage AK managed to obliterate a C-17 doing practice for such a demo.

T

Skyhawk_310R

November 27th, 2011, 16:46

I didn't see anything in those maneuvers that would stress out the wing boxes. Essentially, he performed a number of Vx demonstrations with a roll over to let the nose drop and recover airspeed after each one. In effect, he simply traded airspeed at the bottom for altitude at the top, and then rolled it over to let the nose drop through the horizon, which makes it impossible to stall.

The co-pilot was almost certainly a high time aircraft commander and he was referencing entry speeds prior to each Vx climb, using the term, "Continue" if he saw equal to or above the pre-brief required entry speed. Then the pilot flying hauled the nose up and referenced speed bled down likely to Vx and then pushed the nose over to level and then continued with the 60 degree bank and let the nose fall through horizon.

The one time I thought he took it to the limit was toward the end when he got the stall indication, but he was wings level and already applying power and pushing the nose down. So, in effect, he was already engaged in the straight ahead stall recovery before the stall alert was sounded.

The he reversed and did a power off approach to land.

With a C-130J, no cargo, and most likely a very light fuel load, near sea level at Paris, he had tons of power reserve and composite props that generate lots of thrust at the low airspeeds he was flying at, which meant the forte of the Herk came to the fore -- the aircraft generates excellent thrust at low speeds because of the nature of turboprop aircraft. So, speed recovery was quick. The highest climb angle he achieved was 60 degrees, which was reasonable. Throw in the 60 degree bank at the top and being nearly overhead the cameraman on the ground and it looked like he did a loop, but he did not.

Good flying!

Ken

stansdds

November 28th, 2011, 03:32

The C-130J is an awesome aircraft! One flew over my house a couple of months ago. I could not believe how quiet it was when compared to the old C-130's.

dougal

November 28th, 2011, 05:01

I drove around the C-130 for about three years. Interesting display, but I would tend to agree with the above poster, the C-130 series was notorious for structural issues, the results of which might not show up till one stormy night. Undoubtedly the plane when empty is a better performer than when with fuel or payload to do something useful.

The boys up at Elmendorf at Anchorage AK managed to obliterate a C-17 doing practice for such a demo.

T

Some of my pals were aboard one that had to put down too quickly, somewhere it shouldn't have been. Damage was too severe to risk it going airborne again, so it had to be err.... 'dealt with accordingly'. Oh my, what a waste. Some great souvenirs around though :jump:

Bruce Thompson

November 29th, 2011, 09:54

Can't veiw it anymore!