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USS Forrestal C-130 Hercules Carrier Landing Trials

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What it is

Short archival footage of a USMC KC-130F Hercules making unarrested landings and takeoffs on the USS Forrestal in 1963. It is the largest and heaviest aircraft to have landed on a carrier, and the tests were judged successful but too risky for routine use.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters link it as the go-to example of what a carrier deck can handle and as an impressive flight feat.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “The video of a Hercules landing and taking off on the USS Forrestal without no arrestor or catapult might interest you”

    Hercules lands and takes off on a carrier without arrestor or catapult

    toomanybeersies, 2018-07 · Recommendation · in “New Video of F-117s Flying Out of Tonopah Despite Their Fates Being Sealed”

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Topics: c-130, aircraft carrier, uss forrestal, naval aviation, flight tests

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