C130 Hercules down in Georgia

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    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    Dakota was a hard bird to beat but C-130 did it. I am impaired here by knowing C-130 drivers I can't talk about. Anyway, longest design run among military birds, heaviest ever to have made carrier landings. More not said besides. I fear to view video of this go-down.
     
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    News said that the Herc was a weather bird and was on her way to the boneyard.....literally.
    Nine souls on board.

    Details will emerge, but I'm not sure if these aircraft carry the same FDR/CVRs that commercial planes carry.
     
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    Classic stall spin too low to recover.

    Bob Wilson