they are used to move food and freight to rural alaska
used all around the world as freighters. Not an av buff but the c130 is stol compared to the others you mentioned
Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 55 years. meep
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Why would Qadaffi need a STOL plane?
He wanted it for military applications.
His air force had lots of planes of various types: http://en.wikipedia....r_force_equipment Looks like he still won't be getting those C-130s he ordered in the 1970s... http://uk.jalopnik.c...otting-in-georgia Cheers, Scott. (Who vaguely remembers that the Shah had some planes that were never delivered, too.) |
Leaked cable: John McCain pushed to arm Qadhafi
- (lincoln)
- (39)
- Aug. 29, 2011, 09:14:11 PM EDT
Call bs
- (beepster)
- (38)
- Aug. 30, 2011, 06:43:01 AM EDT
A C130
- (S1mon_Jester)
- (22)
- Aug. 30, 2011, 01:47:12 PM EDT
continued BS
- (beepster)
- (21)
- Aug. 30, 2011, 02:11:44 PM EDT
The M form of the plane
- (folkert)
- Aug. 30, 2011, 02:41:51 PM EDT
Used by military organizations.
- (Another Scott)
- (16)
- Aug. 30, 2011, 02:46:36 PM EDT
Its not armaments
- (beepster)
- (12)
- Aug. 30, 2011, 02:50:20 PM EDT
Hmmm....
- (Another Scott)
- (7)
- Aug. 30, 2011, 02:57:19 PM EDT
forget it
- (beepster)
- (6)
- Aug. 30, 2011, 03:30:35 PM EDT
Why are you trying to defend him?
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- (5)
- Aug. 30, 2011, 03:43:22 PM EDT
Not the point
- (beepster)
- (4)
- Aug. 30, 2011, 04:58:56 PM EDT
Then don't read Politico. Works for me. ;-)
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- (3)
- Aug. 30, 2011, 05:08:41 PM EDT
Well..
- (beepster)
- (2)
- Aug. 30, 2011, 05:35:12 PM EDT
I was arguing with you. Doesn't mean I like Politico.
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- Aug. 30, 2011, 05:39:13 PM EDT
Ayup. That much I gathered.
-NT
- (beepster)
- Aug. 30, 2011, 05:44:11 PM EDT
So then..
- (Ashton)
- (3)
- Aug. 30, 2011, 03:04:40 PM EDT
I think what Beep is saying...
- (mmoffitt)
- (2)
- Aug. 30, 2011, 03:43:01 PM EDT
I suppose..
- (beepster)
- (1)
- Aug. 30, 2011, 04:01:50 PM EDT
That'd be dual use. ;0)
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- Aug. 30, 2011, 05:02:56 PM EDT
So I guess Alaska Airlines is an airforce?
- (boxley)
- (2)
- Aug. 30, 2011, 03:22:06 PM EDT
Why would Qadaffi want them?
- (Another Scott)
- Aug. 30, 2011, 03:50:37 PM EDT
Actually those were L-100
- (S1mon_Jester)
- Aug. 30, 2011, 03:56:01 PM EDT
I think you're thinking of the AC-130
- (S1mon_Jester)
- (2)
- Aug. 30, 2011, 06:36:24 PM EDT
Spooky.
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- Aug. 30, 2011, 07:16:26 PM EDT
No, the C-130 is fitted with . . .
- (Andrew Grygus)
- Aug. 30, 2011, 10:50:42 PM EDT
Re: Call bs
- (pwhysall)
- (14)
- Aug. 30, 2011, 05:17:21 PM EDT
It's used for many things.
- (beepster)
- (11)
- Aug. 30, 2011, 05:43:09 PM EDT
Re: It's used for many things.
- (pwhysall)
- (1)
- Aug. 30, 2011, 05:52:13 PM EDT
I wouldn't.
- (beepster)
- Aug. 30, 2011, 05:59:01 PM EDT
Nothing I've seen prevents a C-130
- (S1mon_Jester)
- (8)
- Aug. 30, 2011, 06:58:47 PM EDT
except not having one to deliver.
-NT
- (beepster)
- (7)
- Aug. 30, 2011, 10:26:14 PM EDT
True - but you have repeated claimed it wasn't a bomber
- (S1mon_Jester)
- (6)
- Aug. 31, 2011, 10:31:27 AM EDT
Re: True - but you have repeated claimed it wasn't a bomber
- (beepster)
- (5)
- Aug. 31, 2011, 02:44:39 PM EDT
Yep, we never delivered them
- (S1mon_Jester)
- Aug. 31, 2011, 03:16:46 PM EDT
Actually - we might have delivered them...
- (S1mon_Jester)
- (3)
- Aug. 31, 2011, 03:19:51 PM EDT
See the linkies in 50198. :-)
- (Another Scott)
- (2)
- Aug. 31, 2011, 03:45:18 PM EDT
Sorry...should've included the sign on that one.
- (S1mon_Jester)
- (1)
- Aug. 31, 2011, 06:18:16 PM EDT
Whoops! :-)
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- Aug. 31, 2011, 07:02:27 PM EDT
they are used to move food and freight to rural alaska
- (boxley)
- (1)
- Aug. 30, 2011, 07:18:48 PM EDT
Why would Qadaffi need a STOL plane?
- (Another Scott)
- Aug. 30, 2011, 07:38:52 PM EDT