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Airframe Details for C-130 #4790

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C-130 Aircraft Profile

Aircraft: 4790
LM Aero T/V 4790
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered RAAF A97-010
C-130H
Current RAAF
C-130H
Status [i/a]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
25 Sep 1978 [act] A97-010 C-130H
Unknown [act] A97-010 RAAF 36 sqn C-130H
17 Nov 2006 [act] A97-010 RAAF 37 sqn C-130H
Apr 2008 [sto] A97-010 RAAF 37 sqn C-130H
Stored at Richmond without engines. Still there as of Feb 2016. Likely to be broken up for spare parts.
Unknown [i/a] C-130H
Used as C-130J-30 fuselage trainer, cut up and joined together with the cockpit section of A97-012 to make 1 trainer
Sep 2019 [i/a] C-130H
Cockpit section in storage at the AWM Facility at Mitchell ACT


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 Photo Available
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