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Airframe Details for C-130 #4233

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C-130 Aircraft Profile

Aircraft: 4233 (66-8558)
LM Aero T/V 4233
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered RAF XV208
C-130K C.1
Current RAF XV208
C-130K W.2
Status [scr]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
28 Sep 1967 [act] XV208 C-130K C.1
29 Sep 1967 [act] XV208 RAF 48 sqn C-130K C.1
Unknown [con] XV208 C-130K W.2
Upgraded to Mk 2 standards for weather research by Marshall. First flight in this new configuration was on March 31, 1973.
Unknown [act] XV208 RAF LTW C-130K W.2
Unknown [sto] XV208 C-130K W.2
Stored at Boscome Down.
27 Apr 2005 [con] XV208 C-130K W.2
Taken out of storage and converted by Cambrigde/Teversham for the A400M engine test bed.
Unknown [act] XV208 C-130K W.2
Mar 2010 [sto] XV208 C-130K W.2
At Cambridge.
14 Apr 2015 [scr] XV208 C-130K W.2
Scrapped at Cambridge, UK. Note: radome coloured Red, suggested this was done for Comic Relief. The nose section just aft of FS245 was removed for future development work by Marshall ADG. The outer wings & engines had already been removed and sold on with the remainder being scrapped on site.


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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