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Aircraft History
Date
Status
Local S/N
Airforce/Unit
Version
Name
Info
Unknown
[act]
149798
GV-1
18 Sep 1962
[act]
149798
KC-130F
30 Oct 1963
[act]
149798
USNavy VR-3
KC-130F
"Look Ma, No Hook"
Largest aircraft to land on a carrier
Used for carrier suitability trials on the USS Forrestal making 29 touch and goes, and 21 landings and unassisted takeoffs just off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida. The aircraft was being studied for use as a Carrier Onboard Delivery transport. The refueling pods were removed from the aircraft for the tests. This C-130 made history as the largest aircraft to land and take-off from an aircraft carrier but never became operational.
Unknown
[act]
149798
USMC VMGR-252
'BH'
KC-130F
Unknown
[act]
149798
USMC VMGR-352
'QB'
KC-130F
01 Mar 2005
[pre]
149798
'QB'
KC-130F
National Museum of Naval Aviation
Abbreviations and symbols:
[act]
Active
[i/a]
Instructional Airframe
[sto]
Stored (e.g. at AMARG)
[cld]
Cancelled Order
[msh]
Involved in Mishap
[w/o]
Write-off
[con]
Converted
[o/o]
On Order
[des]
Destroyed (drone)
[pre]
Preserved (museum, gateguard)
T/V
LM Aero Type/Version (Construction) number
[emb]
Embargoed
[scr]
Scrapped
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