Hercules Story by Martin W. Bowman HC

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Condition
Like New: A book in excellent condition. Cover is shiny and undamaged, and the dust jacket is ...
ISBN
9780752450810
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Hi-Story Press The Limited, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0752450816
ISBN-13
9780752450810
eBay Product ID (ePID)
73718767

Product Key Features

Book Title
Hercules Story
Number of Pages
128 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Topic
Aviation / History, Military / Aviation
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Transportation, History
Author
Martin W. Bowman
Book Series
Story of Ser.
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
9.8 Oz
Item Length
5.1 in
Item Width
7.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
623.7465
Synopsis
The C-130 Hercules first flew in 1954, an easily maintained aircraft which entered service with the USAF Tactical Air Command. Ten years later the 'Charlie 130' was providing the essential logistical support in Vietnam where a new landing technique, the Khe Sanh approach, added to the Hercules folklore. Paradrops, airlift and evacuation operations were completed around the clock, often at low level, usually under fire and nearly always in bad weather. AC-130 gunships blasted the Ho Chi Minh Trail at night, Lamplighters and Blind Bats dropped flares, and others scattered defoliant, 'pancake bombs' and 15,000 'Big Blue' block-busters. But more than anything else it was in the role of 'Trash and Ass hauler' that the C-130 earned unstinting admiration from ground troops and aircrews alike. The 'Herky Bird' or 'Fat Albert', as the C-130 is fondly known, went on to serve with similar panache in the Gulf War and in humanitarian relief operations around the world. Today, the modern C-130J version continues to provide the effective support for which the Hercules name is renowned., C-130 Hercules first flew in 1954, an easily maintained aircraft which entered service with the USAF Tactical Air Command. Ten years later the Charlie 130 was providing the essential logistical support in Vietnam where a new landing technique, the Khe Sanh approach, added to the Hercules folklore. Paradrops, airlift, and evacuation operations were completed around the clock, often at low level, usually under fire, and nearly always in bad weather. AC-130 gunships blasted the Ho Chi Minh Trail at night, Lamplighters and Blind Bats dropped flares, and others scattered defoliant, 'pancake bombs' and 15,000 "Big Blue" block-busters. But more than anything else it was in the role of "Trash and Ass hauler" that the C-130 earned unstinting admiration from ground troops and aircrews alike. The "Herky Bird" or "Fat Albert," as the C-130 is fondly known, went on to serve with similar panache in the Gulf War and in humanitarian relief operations around the world. Today, the modern C-130J version continues to provide the effective support for which the Hercules name is renowned.
LC Classification Number
UG1242.T7

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