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Step inside the C-130, the super-versatile workhorse that flies Navy SEAL missions, delivers supplies to Antarctica and fights wildfires
Step inside the C-130, the super-versatile workhorse that flies Navy SEAL missions, delivers supplies to Antarctica and fights wildfires
Jul 2, 2019, 02:46 IST
This C-130 variant, the LC-130, has skis attached — a necessity for missions in Antarctica.
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This LC-130, nicknamed a "ski bird," was built in 1976.
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The skylight in the LC-130 is used for celestial navigation.
Two of the C-130J-30's four engines.
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Display glass and a projector show pilots the control panel. They don't need to take their eyes off the sky — it's all right in front of them.
This is the projector that displays the instrument panel on the plane's windshield.
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The C-130J-30's cockpit has high tech projected instrument panels for both the pilot and the co-pilot.
Controls of the C-130J-30.
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The C-130J-30 has analog instruments in case of electrical failure.
Rollers on the hold floor allow crew to load cargo — like a fire truck or an ATV — onto the C-130J-30 quickly.
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The C-130J-30 hold can fit 92 combat-rigged paratroopers.
The hold can fit up to 128 people (not in full combat gear, of course).
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The light tells paratroopers when to jump.
Here's the ramp into the hold. The C-130J30 is 15 feet longer than the C-130J.
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A view into the C-130J-30's hold.
The tail of the C-130J30.
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The side door and tail of the plane. This aircraft participated in D-Day commemorations, so black and white D-Day stripes are visible on the end of the aircraft.