The RAAF's bent plenty of Herc's Post #15
Creampuff, how would you like to back up your comment with some facts? I joined the RAAF the same year the first A models arrived (1958) and spent ten years on the Hercules, two as a Sumpie and the rest as a F/E before going onto the B707 when we acquired that type. Apart from the spinning (and recovering) of A97-207, the fracturing of a NLG strut due to metal fatigue on two aircraft (one A model and one H model) and an occasional bump by errant ground equipment handlers I am not aware of any C130's being bent. In almost 60 years of operations in multiple environments I would hardly classify that as having "bent plenty of Herc's". It is easy to make "throw-away" comments but not so easy to back them up.