The C27's are a coming
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The RAAF C130A's where the last of the transport versions produced and were followed down the line by the RC130A's which if I recall were eighteen.
The had a hole cut in the cargo floor and cameras that ran back and forth in rails.
When they were no longer needed they too were converted to transport floors.
The C130B was an improved aircraft and had the following improvements.
Long range flight deck with two bunks
A crew galley
Increased wing tanks which did away with the A model pylons.
Four bladed Hamilton standard props which greatly reduced noise but at low level a slight decrease in performance.
GTC doors which could be opened from flight deck, which allowed use on the ground without the LM getting out an opening the doors.
Slight increase in engine HP
Increase in AUW which called for beefed up landing gear.
Generally an all round improvement particularly in long range tasks.
In hindsite would have suited us better but that is all history.
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Col
The had a hole cut in the cargo floor and cameras that ran back and forth in rails.
When they were no longer needed they too were converted to transport floors.
The C130B was an improved aircraft and had the following improvements.
Long range flight deck with two bunks
A crew galley
Increased wing tanks which did away with the A model pylons.
Four bladed Hamilton standard props which greatly reduced noise but at low level a slight decrease in performance.
GTC doors which could be opened from flight deck, which allowed use on the ground without the LM getting out an opening the doors.
Slight increase in engine HP
Increase in AUW which called for beefed up landing gear.
Generally an all round improvement particularly in long range tasks.
In hindsite would have suited us better but that is all history.
Regards
Col
Basically you are right TBM.
I served briefly on the E (for conversion), then the A (waiting, as the H was late), then the H for pickups.
It was a good time - but a bit like sheep - you don't talk about it afterwards!
I served briefly on the E (for conversion), then the A (waiting, as the H was late), then the H for pickups.
It was a good time - but a bit like sheep - you don't talk about it afterwards!
US Coast Guard to acquire USAF's remaining C-27J Spartans
On Flight International - US Coast Guard to acquire USAF's remaining C-27J Spartans
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The US Air Force’s 14 remaining Alenia Aermacchi C-27J Spartans will soon come out of mothballs.
The tactical transports, which were operated briefly by the service before being removed from use starting last year, will resume their flying for the US Coast Guard, under an aircraft swap directed by the US Defense Authorisation Bill for fiscal year 2014.
Signed by President Barack Obama on 26 December 2013, the bill directs US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to make the transfer after the coast guard transfers seven of its Lockheed Martin C-130s to the USAF. The air force must then convert these into tankers to be used by the US Forest Service.
The aircraft swap brings closure to open questions about the fate of the USAF’s remaining C-27Js, most of which are in storage at Davis-Monthan AFB in Arizona. The air force calls the base the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, but it informally goes by another name: the boneyard.
Unlike other aircraft resting at Davis-Monthan, the relatively-new C-27Js were not put out to pasture – they have been kept in flying condition while the Department of Defense decides their fate, says the USAF.
The tactical transports, which were operated briefly by the service before being removed from use starting last year, will resume their flying for the US Coast Guard, under an aircraft swap directed by the US Defense Authorisation Bill for fiscal year 2014.
Signed by President Barack Obama on 26 December 2013, the bill directs US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to make the transfer after the coast guard transfers seven of its Lockheed Martin C-130s to the USAF. The air force must then convert these into tankers to be used by the US Forest Service.
The aircraft swap brings closure to open questions about the fate of the USAF’s remaining C-27Js, most of which are in storage at Davis-Monthan AFB in Arizona. The air force calls the base the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, but it informally goes by another name: the boneyard.
Unlike other aircraft resting at Davis-Monthan, the relatively-new C-27Js were not put out to pasture – they have been kept in flying condition while the Department of Defense decides their fate, says the USAF.
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Thanks Ken . I need complete pohs to compare flight performance at high pressure altitudes.
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Now scheduled for before the end of June...crew training is busily underway at Waco and it seemed silly to take an airframe away from that effort just to meet a meaningless deadline.
