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Lockheed's L-100 (C-130E)
demonstrator N1130E (MSN 382-3946) at Mascot on 10 July 1964. The aircraft
was later modified with a stretched fuselage as the L-100-20 and sold
to the Philippines Government. The aircraft was broken up in 2014.
Picture: Eric Allen |
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very early production C-130A 55-029 (MSN 182-3056) of the USAF at Sydney
on 4 October 1965. Picture:
Eric Allen |
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C-130A 55-029 (MSN 182-3056) of the USAF performing for a crowd at RAAF
Richmond on 10 October 1965.
Picture:
Eric Allen |
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C-130A
55-033 (MSN 182-3060) of the USAF at Essendon. Date unknown.
Picture: Maurice Austin Collection |
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| JC-130A
56-490 (MSN 182-3098) of the USAF at Sydney, appropriately on 4 July 1964.
The JC-130A version was used in missile tracking operations. The aircraft
was later converted to an AC-130A gunship which was shot down over Laos
on 21 December 1972. Picture: Eric Allen |
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| C-130A
57-512 (MSN 182-3219) of the USAF at Sydney, date unknown. The aircraft
was subsequently converted to a tanker as
N118TG. Picture: Eric Allen |
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NC-130B
N707NA (MSN 282-3507) NASA
707 (formerly 58-0712)
at RAAF Edinburgh in October 1985.
Picture:
David Foote |
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NC-130B
N707NA (MSN 282-3507) NASA
707 (formerly 58-0712)
at RAAF Edinburgh in October 1985.
Picture:
David Foote |
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| Ski-equipped
LC-130F 148321 (MSN 182-3567) of the US Navy at Sydney in June 1970.
The aircraft was assigned to VXE-6 from 1 January 1969 to 1971, and named
Phoenix. After unloading a French traverse team in Antarctica on
4 December 1971, the pilot made a JATO take-off to return to McMurdo 750
nautical miles away. At an altitude of about 50 feet, two JATO bottles separated
from the left-hand side of the fuselage and struck the inboard engine and
propeller. With the gearbox and propeller torn off and the outboard propeller
damaged by flying debris, the aircraft was seriously damaged in the subsequent
crash landing. The ten man crew were uninjured but had to live in survival
shelters for 80 hours until the weather improved enough to allow a rescue
aircraft to land. The aircraft was recovered after being buried by snow
for 17 years in Antarctica. It was returned to VXE-6 from 1993 to 31 March
1999. In 1996 ownership was transferred from the US Navy to the National
Science Foundation. As of 15 January 2008 the aircraft was stored at AMARG.
(History courtesy of Joe Baugher)Picture:
Eric Allen |
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| L-100
(382B-3C) N9263R (MSN 382-4134) of Alaska Airlines at Adelaide in June 1966.
Two aircraft ran a shuttle from Adelaide to South Vietnam in June-July 1966
carrying prefabricated steel huts built by an Adelaide engineering firm.
Picture: Geoff Goodall |
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| L-100
(382B-5C) N9267R (MSN 382-4146) of Alaska Airlines at Adelaide on 26 June
1966. Two aircraft ran a shuttle from Adelaide
to South Vietnam in June-July 1966 carrying prefabricated steel huts built
by an Adelaide engineering firm. Picture:
J.M. Smith via SAAM |
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| L-100
(382B-5C) N9267R (MSN 382-4146) of Alaska Airlines at Adelaide on 26 June
1966. Two aircraft ran a shuttle from Adelaide
to South Vietnam in June-July 1966 carrying prefabricated steel huts built
by an Adelaide engineering firm. Picture: Gordon Clear via SAAM |
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C-130F/GV-1U
149787 (MSN 282-3636) of the United States Navy VRC-50 at Perth on 1 June
1981. Picture: Geoff Goodall
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C-130F/GV-1U
149787 (MSN 282-3636) of the United States Navy VRC-50 at
Brisbane on 29 May 1989. The presentation of the squadron code (RG) has
been standardised since the previous image.
Picture: Ron Cuskelly (AE625) |
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KC-130F/GV-1
148891 (MSN 282-3605) of the United States Marine Corps VMGR-252 photographed
from the vantage point of the control tower at Perth on 14 February 1982.
Picture: Geoff Goodall |
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C-130H
78-0807 (MSN 382-4817) of the Oklahoma Air National Guard at Perth on
2 December 1986.
Picture:
Geoff Goodall |
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C-130K
XV177 (MSN 382-4182) of the Royal Air Force at Perth on 4 March 1976.
Picture: Geoff Goodall |
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C-130K
XV181 (MSN 382-4198) of the Royal Air Force at Brisbane on 17 August 1988.
Picture: Ron Cuskelly (AD500) |
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C-130K
C.3 XV207 (MSN 382-4232) of the Royal Air Force at Brisbane on 12 December
1982.
Picture: Ron Cuskelly (W114) |
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C-130K
W.2 XV208 (MSN 382-4233) of the Royal Air Force Meteorological Research
Flight photographed at Townsville in February 1993 while participating
in NASA's TOGA COARE Project to study the coupling of the ocean and the
atmosphere in the Western Pacific.
Picture: David Foote |
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C-130K
W.2 XV208 (MSN 382-4233) of the Royal Air Force Meteorological Research
Flight photographed at Townsville in February 1993 while participating
in NASA's TOGA COARE Project to study the coupling of the ocean and the
atmosphere in the Western Pacific.
Picture: David Foote |
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C-130H
NZ7001 (MSN 382-4052) of the Royal New Zealand Air Force at Brisbane on
23 October 1977.
Picture: Ron Cuskelly (L190) |
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C-130H
NZ7002 (MSN 382-4053) of the Royal New Zealand Air Force at Brisbane on
16 September 1988.
Picture: Ron Cuskelly (L190) |
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C-130H
NZ7002 (MSN 382-4053) of the Royal New Zealand Air Force at Brisbane on
16 September 1988. The aircraft was ferrying
an engine for Air New Zealand's Boeing 767-219 ZK-NBA which required an
engine change.
Picture:
Ron Cuskelly (L190) |
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C-130H
NZ7003 (MSN 382-4054) of the Royal New Zealand Air Force at Brisbane on
21 June 1976.
Picture: Ron Cuskelly (J249) |
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C-130H
NZ7004 (MSN 382-4312) of the Royal New Zealand Air Force at Brisbane on
27 October 1976.
Picture: Ron Cuskelly (K193) |
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MC-130E
64-0565 (MSN 382-4077) of the USAF at Brisbane on 27 May 1978.
This Combat Talon version of the Hercules was used on clandestine
special operations missions but it is not known what it was doing in Brisbane.
These aircraft are a challenge to photograph even on a sunny day.
Picture: Ron Cuskelly (N036) |
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| C-130E
64-0513 (MSN 382-3997) of the USAF Military Airlift Command at Brisbane
on 19 July 1979.
Picture: Ron Cuskelly (O184) |
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C-130H
78-0807 (MSN 382-4817) of the Oklahoma Air National Guard at Perth on
2 December 1986.
Picture: Geoff Goodall |
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C-130E
130321 (MSN 382-4191) of the Canadian Armed Forces at Brisbane on 6 December
1976.
Picture: Ron Cuskelly (K277) |
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KC-130F/GV-1
148891 (MSN 282-3605) of the U.S. Marines VMGR-252
at Perth on 14 February 1982.
Picture: Geoff Goodall |
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KC-130R
160019 (MSN 382-4689) of the U.S. Marine Corps VMGR-352 at Brisbane circa
November 1988.
Picture: David Sparks (AD589) |
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KC-130F/GV-1
150684 (MSN 282-3727) of the U.S. Marine
Corps VMGR-252 at Brisbane on 6 September 1981.
Picture: Ron Cuskelly (U309) |
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KC-130F/GV-1
149792 (MSN 282-3658) of the U.S. Marine Corps VMGR-352 at Brisbane on
2 December 1981.
Picture: Ron Cuskelly (V169) |
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KC-130F/GV-1
150689 (MSN 282-3741) of the U.S. Marine Corps VMGR-152 at Brisbane on
15 December 1982.
Picture: Ron Cuskelly (W124) |
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KC-130R
160240 (MSN 382-4712) of the U.S. Marine Corps VMGR-352 at Brisbane on
27 November 1984.
Picture: Ron Cuskelly (Y168) |
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HC-130H/H-7
(MSN 382-4969) 1704 from the U.S. Coast Guard Station Clearwater, Florida
at Brisbane on 20 February 1985.
Picture: Ron Cuskelly (Y313) |
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HC-130H/H-7
(MSN 382-4969) 1704 from the U.S. Coast Guard Station Clearwater, Florida
at Brisbane on 20 February 1985. The aircraft
has acquired a Qantas zap which has been applied with considerably more
finesse than the stencil on the crew entry door!
Picture: Ron Cuskelly (Y310) |
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L-100-20
RP-C99 (MSN 382-4302) of Philippine AeroTransport
at Brisbane on 29 October 1977. Picture: Ron Cuskelly (L191)
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L-100-20
RP-C99 (MSN 382-4302) of Philippine AeroTransport
at Brisbane on 29 October 1977. Picture: Ron Cuskelly (L192)
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L-100-20
N11ST (MSN 382-4384) of Trans International at Brisbane on 30 April 1979.
Picture: Ron Cuskelly (O096) |
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| EC-130Q
N130FF Tanker 390 (MSN 382-4901) on approach to Brisbane on 30 November
2015. At the time the aircraft was operating
for Emergency Management Victoria. Picture: Mick Raftery |
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N134CG Tanker 134 (MSN 382-4904) on approach to Sacramento, California
on 25 May 2019. Tragically, the aircraft crashed with the loss of all three
crew members while fighting a
bushfire near Peak View in the Snowy Monaro area of New South Wales on 23
January 2020.
Picture: Talbert Reese |
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IN MEMORY OF OUR AMERICAN HEROES Captain Ian H. McBeth You left your families,
your homes and your country |
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| C-130H
85-1079 (MSN 382-5136) of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) taking-off
from Essendon on 1 February 2020.
The aircraft arrived in Canberra from Cairns on 16 January 2020 in company
with C-130H 75-1077 (MSN 382-5108). Both aircraft were in Australia to assist
with bushfire relief.
Picture: Gordon Reid |
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07APR26
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Added a link to a new page on the Tanker 134 Memorial at Cooma. |
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14OCT25
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Added two images of RAF C-130K W,2 XV208 thanks to David Foote. |
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26JUL25
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Added two images of NC-130B NASA 707 thanks to David Foote. |
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13JUL25
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Added an image of C-130A 55-033 thanks to Maurice Austin and Phil Vabre. |
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5
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10AUG22
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Added
images of the following thanks to Eric Allen: JC-130A 56-490 C-130A 57-512 C-130A 55-029 LC-130F 148321 |
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05FEB20
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Added
an image of 85-1079 of the JASDF thanks to Gordon Reid. Added three images of N9263R and N9267R of Alaska Airlines thanks to Geoff Goodall. |
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26JAN20
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Added an image of N134CG thanks to Talbert Reese. |
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2
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30DEC19
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Added N130FF thanks to Mick Raftery. |
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