I don’t understand the hand wringing over economy class seats. You are paying as little as possible to get to your destination safely and (sometimes) on-time. The airlines have recognized that the only driver for 95+% of all airfare purchasers is price, so they de-content and cram seats in so that they can compete on…

Let me put it in simpler terms.

Correct, but going to Empire State Aerosciences Museum, near Buffalo I believe. 

Great eyes! I saw those V-braces on the fuselage and had to call up the film to verify the placement; the side rails match as well.  Talk about not just _A_ Hercules, but _THE_ Hercules.

Spooky throws boom at others. YMC-130H throws boom at itself.

This might sound weird, but stuff like this is exactly why I read these comments. There’s something really satisfying about seeing something mysterious in an article, only to get to the comments to see that someone knew exactly what it was. You even came back identifying which specific airframe it was!

Boom. Nailed it. Nice job. If this thing didn’t have a propensity for burning off its wings, I wonder if we would have gotten the Osprey. 

Hell yes! This thing is ridiculous. Engineer: Fuck it, let’s put rockets on this thing and see what happens. Air Force: Sure, why not? Engineer: Sweet!

I’m a big fan of 63-7773, the C-130 I first deployed on, now on static display at Fort Indiantown Gap in Pennsylvania.

I believe the AC-130 Spectre gunship retains the title for most badass Hercules. From the web: “The AC-130H Spectre was armed with two 20 mm M61 Vulcan cannons, one L60 Bofors 40 mmcannon, and one 105 mm M102 howitzer; after 1994, the 20 mm cannons were removed. The upgraded AC-130U Spooky has a single 25 mm GAU-12…

As soon as I saw the odd shapes on the body I knew exactly what it was too, you beat me to commenting on it. Good call! You win a cookie!

There were three of them.. Two ended up going back to work afterwards, and this one kept those hard points.  I didn’t know there were three.

Wow! Land inside an Iranian soccer stadium. Would love to see that.

I do believe you are correct. The Museum of Aviation who owned and displayed the aircraft no longer lists it on their displayed aircraft list. Makes me wonder if it was sold or is going to some sort of restoration/scrap. There’s no news that I can find about anyone acquiring it.

Q: how do you fit a C130 into a parking lot?