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C-130 Aircraft (1966)

1966 · Short film · 11 min

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This film from 1966 functions as a U.S. Air Force training film covering the Lockheed C-130 Hercules four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin). It explains the aircraft’s specs, capabilities, and adaptabilities, as well as the aircraft’s various models developed throughout the late 1950s and 1960s. The film is produced by Aerospace Audio-Visual Service, Military Airlift Command. Credits (00:06). ”C-130 Aircraft” title banner (00:15). “Introduction” title banner (00:22). Footage of the Lockheed C-130 Hercules four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft grounded on a flight base (00:30). Multiple C-130 planes flying (00:43). A point-of-view of a pilot in the cockpit’s view (00:51). The C-130 A-model, first used by the U.S. Air Force in 1956 (01:07). The aircraft’s nearly 40-feet vertical stabilizer and over 130-feet wingspan (01:32). Three bladed propellers characterize the C-130 A-model (01:46). Four bladed propellers characterize the C-130 B-model (01:55). Views of C-130 moving around a flight base (02:04). Military personnel are loading cargo into a C-130 aircraft (02:22). The C-130 in the 1960s was the C-130 E-model, ‘E’ for extended range (02:32). Its 1400-gallon fuel tank under each wing (02:46). The C-130 E-model takes off from a runway (20:52). Views of the cargo plane flying (03:16). Views of pilots operating the engine and control panel in the plane’s cockpit (03:32). The plane lands on a runway…

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Running time
11 minutes
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Ephemeral Films

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