C-130 Hercules landing on aircraft carrier

[Juggernautjatt]

The Hercules wasn't designed to land on aircraft carriers. They're too short. Nonetheless, a Hercules did it -- during a test in 1963. That's how amazing this plane is.

 

[AMCA]

Man Americans are Crazy!! But Hell!! Russians are Crazier.

 

[Víðarr]

And the U-2

U-2

• Length: 63 ft (19.2 m)
• Wingspan: 103 ft (31.4 m)
• Height: 16 ft (4.88 m)
• Wing area: 1,000 ft2 (92.9 m2)

C-130

• Length: 97 ft 9 in (29.8 m)
• Wingspan: 132 ft 7 in (40.4 m)
• Height: 38 ft 3 in (11.6 m)
• Wing area: 1,745 ft² (162.1 m²)

Compared with the current heavyweight - E-2D

• Length: 57 ft 8.75 in (17.60 m)
• Wingspan: 80 ft 7 in (24.56 m)
• Height: 18 ft 3.75 in (5.58 m)
• Wing area: 700 ft2 (65 m2)

 

[Juggernautjatt]

During tests in 1963 crew of C-130 successfully negotiated 29 touch-and-go landings, 21 unarrested full-stop landings, and 21 unassisted takeoffs at gross weights of 85,000 pounds up to 121,000 pounds.
With a maximum payload, the plane used only 745 feet for takeoff and 460 feet for landing roll.

 

[C130]

nice. makes me think about the doo little raid. though the B-25 quite a bit smaller than a C-130

 

[Juggernautjatt]

C-130 is celebrating 60th birthday this year. Hercules is the oldest continuously produced family of military planes in history.
Video of C-130A first flight 7 April 1955

C-130A First Flight - YouTube

BTW @C130 happy 60th birthday bro

 

[Penguin]

During tests in 1963 crew of C-130 successfully negotiated 29 touch-and-go landings, 21 unarrested full-stop landings, and 21 unassisted takeoffs at gross weights of 85,000 pounds up to 121,000 pounds.
With a maximum payload, the plane used only 745 feet for takeoff and 460 feet for landing roll.

The C-130's takeoff and landing distances on USS Forrestal are not so relevant. Typically, landing and take-off distances are in still air. However, USS Forrestal was typically moving at approximately 30 knots into a 20-knot wind. This means that the C-130 was landing and taking off into a 50-knot down-the runway wind. What this means, for the nonpilots, is that had the C-130 been taking off into a hypothetical 100-knot wind, ts takeoff distance would have been... zero