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Aviation History
1988
1988 - 0002.PDF
Helping growing countries build a big Mure. w*i. In most developing nations, one need is more urgent than any other. Transportation. Without high-speed roadways and modern airports, much-needed projects must be delayed. Or cancelled. Dams go unbuilt. Remote hospitals remain on the drawing board. Land that could be used for farming is left uncleared and unirrigated. For many emerging nations the C-130 Hercules air- lifter, and its civilian counterpart the L-100, are making development possible without highways or sophisticated air terminals. To civilian authorities, the Hercules transport offers valuable versatility, with a proven record of dependability ^^Lockheed-Georgia and strength. As a cargo plane, it can airlift 50,000 pounds of heavy equipment or supplies. As a transporter of bulk fuel, it has a comparable capacity. Its turboprop speed and power make it a fast and effective passenger plane or hospital ship. Best of all, the Hercules aircraft is cost efficient to operate and it can fly into and out of undeveloped landing fields other planes can't reach. Fields of hard-packed snow or earth, even sand and gravel. You'll find L-lOOs and C-130s performing valuable work in more than 55 countries all over the world. In some, they're helping to protect a highly developed society. In others they're helping to build one. Giving shape to imagination.
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