Len Morgan, Airliners of the world, Arco Publishing, 1966
In 1965 Alaska Airlines flew over 3 million pounds of oil well drilling equipment from Fairbanks, Alaska to a site near the Arctic Ocean in a 20 day span using this L-382 aircraft.
114 of the civilianized version of the C-130 Hercules were produced.
55 years of service comes to an end for N9263R. 04 Jun 2010: Landing accident at Sharana AB, Afghanistan caused considerable damage when the aircraft came down beside the runway. Propeller from engine four separated from the aircraft and landing gear came up into the airframe. Unknown if will be repaired. It wasn't, written off.
55 years of service comes to an end for N9263R. 04 Jun 2010: Landing accident at Sharana AB, Afghanistan caused considerable damage when the aircraft came down beside the runway. Propeller from engine four separated from the aircraft and landing gear came up into the airframe. Unknown if will be repaired. It wasn't, written off.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info. According to Wikipedia, a lot of them crashed.
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