Warbird Information Exchange

Getting ready for retirement and cleaning out my desk and found this



C-130B 60-5450 (c/n 282-3572) to Canadian Forces as 10301. Returned to Lockheed in mid 1960s. Registered as N4652 for ferry purposes. To Colombian AF in Jan 1969 as FAC 1003. W/O Oct 16, 1982 when ditched in Atlantic Ocean after running out of fuel enroute Azores-Bermuda due to navigation system failure. Aircraft remained afloat for two days. 5 of 13 aboard killed.

And this



NC-130A 55-0022 with a 55 Chevy 210 (Fixed the car info, thanks for the education guys)


Mike in Florida
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Those are cool pictures. I've never seen that image of the C-130 but I have used this one in our groundschools to prove that a C-130 can be successfully ditched.

Are you sure thats a 55 Belair? Looks like a '56 to me.

Nope not sure, just copied the info from the note that was in the folder with the pictures. I'll defer judgement to those who know.


Mike in Florida
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That's a '55 210 series. The Bel Air had chrome on the front fenders as well.

yep. 55 model 210,not a bel air....missing chrome around windows too

The story we were told in Herk groundschool in '92 is that there was a General on board who shot the Navigator for running them out of fuel, which supposedly accounts for one of the fatalaties. This is said to be the only known ocean ditching of a C-130.

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Heard the same story/rumor, and always wondered if there was any truth behind it. Supposedly prior to leaving the aircraft he shot/executed him on the Flight Deck due to the running out of fuel.


Mike in Florida
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That's pretty much the same story I got, although we heard it was the crash axe.

yes '55 the '56 had the fuel cap inside/behind the left tail light. Hugh

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