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Aircraft Details

Lockheed C-130 Hercules (C-130H)

General characteristics

 * Crew: 5 (two pilots, navigator, flight engineer and loadmaster)
 * Capacity:
    - 92 passengers or
    - 64 airborne troops or
    - 74 litter patients with 2 medical personnel or
    - 6 pallets or
    - 2-3 HMMWVs or
    - 2 M113 armored personnel carrier
 * Payload: 45,000lb (20,000kg)
 * Length: 97ft 9in (29.8m)
 * Wingspan: 132ft 7in (40.4m)
 * Height: 38ft 3in (11.6m)
 * Wing area: 1,745sq ft (162.1sq m)
 * Empty weight: 75,800lb (34,400kg)
 * Useful load: 72,000lb (33,000kg)
 * Max takeoff weight: 155,000lb (70,300kg)
 * Powerplant: 4 Allison T56-A-15 turboprops, 4,590shp (3,430kW) each

Performance

 * Maximum speed: 320kts (366mph, 592km/h) at 20,000ft (6,060m)
 * Cruise speed: 292kts (336mph, 540km/h)
 * Range: 2,050nm (2,360mi, 3,800km)
 * Service ceiling: 33,000ft (10,060m) empty - 23,000ft (7,077m) with 42,000lbs (19,090kg) payload
 * Rate of climb: 1,830ft/min (9.3m/s)
 * Takeoff distance: 3,586ft (1,093m) at 155,000lb (70,300kg) max gross weight - 1,400ft (427m) at 80,000lb (36,300kg) gross weight

Avionics

 * Westinghouse Electronic Systems (now Northrop Grumman) AN/APN-241 weather and navigational radar[47]

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