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Fonz
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http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/326591/9ae7f790/29_oktober,_1980.html

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In 1980, following the failure of Operation "Eagle Claw" (aka Desert One) the U.S. military made radical modifications to a C-130H Hercules so it could take off and land almost like a helicopter. The aircraft was equipped with lift rockets slanting downward, slowdown rockets facing forward, missile motors facing backward, and still more rockets to stabilize the plane as it touched down. The mission — land in a Tehran soccer stadium, rescue 53 American hostages held captive in Iran, and get out...FAST!

Two aircraft received these special modifications and were redesignated YMC-130H. The first modified plane (#74-1683), created in just a couple of months, crashed on the runway during a training exercise after a rocket discharged prematurely and ripped off the aircraft's right wing. The second modified plane (#74-1686) was never used and is now on display at Robins AFB in Georgia.
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thats pretty awesome
deano87
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So they never actually went into the stadium etc?! Also, why would you need a great big fuck off Hercules for 53 people?!
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Hercules are really not that big.

Was in one for over 3 hours in the cockpit while a pilot had his last "touch n go" trials before his exam. Bloody noisey inside!

Great planes, but really not that big.

Fcuk being the test pilot in that though!!!
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Kurt
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Imagine being in the cockpit when those foreward rockets go off

Rocket aided takeoff

 
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