Tea White Zero
While I am not disagreeing with most of your above post, surely you will know that a C130 has already been designed to land in the space of a football pitch, and take off again from said pitch
In fact the design was so radical, that unlike RAF Hercs, it even had self changing wings
Here here for the RAF's C130's, and hoping they fly safe for many years to come. Maybe we might even get some of the 'fat' C130's if they are ever produced.