C130/L100 maint changes
 

Got an email from a mate that suggests that there are some serious changes coming amongst others, wing box inspections for these ships.

Anyone heard anything similar?

Do you mean for the L382 Hercules aircraft or the L100 Dual Rail system installed in that aircraft?

Delta Airlines....
 

As you can see from the link below, Delta Airlines was the first operator of the L-100 (civilian C-130). I believe Delta was the only carrier to call it the L-100, others used/have used L-382. Most, if not all, civilian models did not have the floor level, lower windows in the cockpit. SAT flew many different 'missions' with them.....

Delta Air Lines Blog

It was never called the L100 by Lockheed who built the thing. It was known as the L382 (which is what my type rating says). The L100 is the dual rail system installed in the aircraft. The story I hear is that when Lockheed was demo-ing the thing to the USAF the captions on the bottom of the story boards depicting the aircraft and the dual rail locks were reversed and some folks have called it the L100 since then. The civilian version of the C130 is called the L382 by its manufacturer and by the FAA. Doesn't really matter what the "Delta Blogger" says. All models of the Hercules flown by Southern Air were the L382.

Hey Beav....
 

Relax, yes it is an L-382, although Delta choose to call it the L-100, for whatever reason. It appears they were the first civil operator, which in my opinion gives them the right to call it anything they like. And yes, as I stated, "S(outhern) A(ir) T(RANSPORT!!) flew many different 'missions' with them"...., of which I flew 'several'.... Merely passing on information as to why, I believe, someone would use the term 'L-100'. It would appear then when folks refer to, as an example, 747-400's as 744's they should be considered idiots. Unfortunately, it also appears that not all posters here are as 'informed' as you are. Thanks for the info.... :)

In the COMMERCIAL world, the OFFICIAL designation of L-382 was also widely known as the L-100.

L-382E was also known as the L-100-20, the L-382G known as the L-100-30.

You will see these designations applied to many operators worldwide, both millitary and civil.

Ah, bless Pprune for pedants! :ugh:

382 is the engineering model number for the C-130.

L-100-20/-30 were the commercial sales model numbers for cilivian C-130's.

193 is the enginering model number for the TriStar.

L-1011 is the commercial sales model number for the TriStar.

Using 742 and 744 is shorthand. Our company only has 747's so to just use three characters is easier for the computers. It appears that Boeing is jumping on the bandwagon, 747-8.

While not new the referenced site has some interesting information on wing box inspections see page 5, on the site referenced below.

I think maybe you should read page 5 of the site refered to below.

http://www.lockheedmartin.com/data/a...ines/v29n1.pdf

L382
 

The Type Rating in my licence was L382, and that was done in the old SAT company.

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