C-130 Hercules USAFLockheed C 130 Hercules mahogany wood airplane model. The mission of the C 130 Hercules is to provide global, day, night and adverse weather capability to airdrop and airland personnel and equipment in support of U. S. and allied special operations forces. These aircraft are equipped with in flight refueling equipment, terrain following, terrain avoidance radar, an inertial and global positioning satellite navigation system, and a high speed aerial

The US Army ordered 60 military passenger-carrying King Air B200s

the B-25C and B-25Ds as the Mitchell II

qualifying it as the world's first privately built spaceship

3 meters) above the fuselage by two struts

deliveries of production aircraft began with assignment to VA-156

day or night in all kinds of weather

301-nautical-mile

more than 1

at the request of Charles Lindbergh

intended for production and use by the German Luftwaffe during World War II

dropping paratroops behind enemy lines on D-Day

Although the DH-4 was originally a British combat airplane