Reminds me of an ‘incident’ that happened where I used to work.
The company had as one of it’s missions rebuilding aircraft engines, especially military aircraft like the C130.
They had just gotten the contract from the Air Force to rebuild a number of AC engines, and the first one to arrive was scheduled in a few days.
They wanted to impress the USAF brass and show how quickly and proficiently their crew could perform.
The day arrived and two USAF aircraft landed, one to be rebuilt and the other to take the 1st one’s flight crew back to their base.
The crews were then invited to a sumptuous lunch banquet in their honor as the first delivery crew.
They took about an hour and were ready to depart.
While they were eating, the company’s crew was to disassemble and remove the engines from the aircraft and have them essentially torn apart in the hangar preparatory to being rebuilt.
This was to show that we were very fast and could turnaround the aircraft in a very short amount of time.
They just got one thing wrong.
They removed the engines from the WRONG AIRCRAFT..........................
Haha! I knew that was coming as soon as I read, "While they were eating..."
BTW...one of my favorite aircraft is the C-130 Hercules. Second only to the Fairchild-Republic A-10.
If I could afford it, I'd make a Herc my personal private airplane.