Look Ma, No Hook: how a C-130 Hercules managed to land on an aircraft carrier
http://theaviationist.com/2014/07/16/c-130-land-on-carrier/
The story of the C-130 Hercules that landed on USS Forrestal
Even if, nowadays, the C-2 Greyhound is the biggest transport aircraft designed specifically for carrier operations, on Oct. 30 1963, in an attempt to investigate the possibilities of using the C-130 for logistic support for U.S. fleet, a Hercules made an experimental landing on the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CVA-59).
With the successful test, which took place in moderately rough seas in the North Atlantic 500 miles off the coast of Boston, the Hercules became the largest and heaviest aircraft to ever land on an aircraft carrier, a record that stands to this day.
The idea behind this unusual test was the so-called “Super Carrier Onboard Delivery” (Super COD) aircraft.
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By the way, in 1963 I would have been about six
years old . . . and it is just possible my Dad might
have been serving on the Forrestal at the time.
Zim.
Mad Poet Strikes Again.
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