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2 posted on
11/12/2025 5:22:17 AM PST by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
A C-130 breaking apart in midair - seem inconceivable.
To: Red Badger
I have no idea what that is, but it does not look like a C-130.
7 posted on
11/12/2025 5:33:24 AM PST by
volare737
( Diversity is something to be overcome, not celebrated. )
To: Red Badger
“. . . had taken off from Ganja International Airport.” Hmmm . . .
10 posted on
11/12/2025 5:34:58 AM PST by
Blurb2350
(posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
To: Red Badger
Undiagnosed metal fatigue?
16 posted on
11/12/2025 5:44:30 AM PST by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: Red Badger
57-year-old airframe bought 15 years ago from the Saudis. Preliminary examination didn't discover any bullet holes or other damage indicative of a "shoot-down." Common (reasonable) guesses across the blogosphere include corrosion of the airframe or cargo breaking loose and causing internal structural damage. Every failure has to have a first occurrence and my first instinct was that it might be airframe failure due to repeated pressure cycles, which of course also would be related to quality of maintenance. Wikipedia has a list of C-130 crashes and this is the only one that appears to be spontaneously breaking up in flight.
Seeing the wings (presumably with the nose still attached) spiraling stably toward the ground reminded me of Eugene Moran, the B-17 tail gunner whose plane. the Rikki Tikki Tavi, was shot to pieces on a bombing mission over Nazi Germany. The tail fell off, with him still in it, and somehow miraculous was statically and aerodynamically stable FLYING BACKWARDS. Moran was essentially in his own glider falling to earth. And to compound the miracle, he landed in a stand of trees, which slowed his deceleration on impact to a survivable rate.
Unfortunately, the rest of the airframe (and crewmen) didn't have Moran's good luck.
To: Red Badger
Tukey hints at unusual flight attitudes. Hmmm...
18 posted on
11/12/2025 5:52:51 AM PST by
CodeToad
To: Red Badger
First of all... That does not look like a C-130 in that photo... Secondly... C-130’s are among the safest and most reliable aircrafts ever created. For the wings to fall off a C-130, it would take a major error on the part of the maintenance crew.
19 posted on
11/12/2025 5:53:08 AM PST by
jerod
(Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
To: Red Badger
The E model has had wing problems.
To: Red Badger
To: Red Badger
The C130 ranks as one of the most reliable aircraft ever made. How could it just break apart? Poor maintenance not detecting cracks or other structural issues? How about help from the inside where a crew member was in a hurry to get his 72 virgins?
38 posted on
11/12/2025 6:55:22 AM PST by
redfreedom
(They’re AWFUL...Affuent White Female Urban Leftists)
To: Red Badger
The Royal Air Force officially retired the last of its C-130Js in 2023. More evidence that the idiots are in charge of the UK. Do they really believe the A400M is going to be able to do all the things a C-130 can do?
42 posted on
11/12/2025 8:00:59 AM PST by
AlaskaErik
(There are three kinds of rats: Rats, Damned Rats, and DemocRats.)
To: Red Badger
C-130E? IIRC, the E’s are OLD old old. That doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re bad if properly maintained, but I’m betting this one wasn’t.
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