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The Lockheed C-141 Starlifter. The backbone of the US Air Force from 1965 to 2006. The C-141 was developed as one of the first jet transports of the time. Built for strategic airlift. The C-141 first flew as the C-141A on December 17th 1963 and was put into service in April 1965. deploying to Vietnam and bring troops home at the end of the war. During the late 70's and early 80's 270 of the 280 Starlifter's built were stretched to the C-141B standard. This also added aerial refueling to the C-141. In the Gulf War the starlifter proved itself again by flying in troops and supplies into Saudi Arabia. Being the backbone of the strategic air lift during Operation Desert Shield. In 2004 the C-141 left all active USAF units and were put into reserve and guard units. The mighty Starlifter was retired in may 2006 with the final flight being the C-141C Starlifter Hanoi Taxi to the National Museum Of the United States Air Force. With a payload capacity of 70,000lbs, troop capacity of 154 troops. This bird flew with a crew of 5. 2 pilots, 1 flight engineer, 1 navigator and 1 loadmaster. Unrefueled ranged of 2,500nm and a top speed of 493kts. Length of the B model was 168ft with a wingspan of 160ft. The Starlifter fleet flew their wings off and earned their place in aviation history. This model shows the C-141B
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Here is a new Chicago Loadmaster. Looks like Chicago didnt like dark blue and went back to baby blue. I actually like the way the ACX looks with the loadmaster!
The Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft. The C-130J is a comprehensive update of the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, with new engines, flight deck, and other systems. The Hercules family has the longest continuous production run of any military aircraft in history. During more than 60 years of service, the family has participated in military, civilian, and humanitarian aid operations. The Hercules has outlived several planned successor designs, most notably the Advanced Medium STOL Transport contestants.
The C-130J is the newest version of the Hercules and the only model still in production. Externally similar to the classic Hercules in general appearance, the J-model features considerably updated technology. These differences include new Rolls-Royce AE 2100 D3 turboprop engines with Dowty R391 composite scimitar propellers, digital avionics (including head-up displays (HUDs) for each pilot), and reduced crew requirements. These changes have improved performance over its C-130E/H predecessors, such as 40% greater range, 21% higher maximum speed, and 41% shorter takeoff distance.
As a cargo and airlift aircraft, the C-130J's crew includes two pilots and one loadmaster (no navigator or flight engineer), while specialized USAF variants (e.g., AC-130J, EC-130J, MC-130J, HC-130J, WC-130J) may have larger crews, such as navigators/Combat Systems Officers or other specialized officer and enlisted air crew. The U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J uses a crew chief for expeditionary operations. The C-130J's cargo compartment is approximately 41 feet (12.5 m) long, 9 feet (2.74 m) high, and 10 feet (3.05 m) wide, and loading is from the rear of the fuselage. The aircraft can also be configured with the "enhanced cargo handling system". The system consists of a computerized loadmaster's station from which the user can remotely control the under-floor winch and also configure the flip-floor system to palletized roller or flat-floor cargo handling. Initially developed for the USAF, this system enables rapid role changes to be carried out and so extends the C-130J's time available to complete taskings.
A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft sits on the runway at Pago Pago International Airport in American Samoa, Dec. 16, 2012. The 446th Airlift Wing aircrew from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. traveled to Royal Australian Air Force Base Richmond, Australia in support of a joint operation. Tropical Cyclone Evan passed over American Samoa Dec. 12 -16 causing 6,000 people to take shelter in evacuation centers and $4.1 million in damages to infrastructure. The puddle in the foreground is a result of the rains from that storm system. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jon Polka)
I was in some trees, well not in the trees, but I'm sure you know what I mean!!.............when this Globemaster took off.
I took this grab shot, and those are tree branch artifacts showing!
It's a lot of aircraft almost flying over my head!
General characteristics
Crew: 3: 2 pilots, 1 loadmaster (five additional personnel required for aeromedical evacuation)
Capacity:
102 paratroopers or
134 troops with palletized and sidewall seats or
54 troops with sidewall seats (allows 13 cargo pallets) only or
36 litter and 54 ambulatory patients and medical attendants or
Cargo, such as an M1 Abrams tank, three Strykers, or six M1117 Armored Security Vehicles
Payload: 170,900 lb (77,519 kg) of cargo distributed at max over 18 463L master pallets or a mix of palletized cargo and vehicles
Length: 174 ft (53 m)
Wingspan: 169.8 ft (51.75 m)
Height: 55.1 ft (16.8 m)
Wing area: 3,800 ft² (353 m²)
Empty weight: 282,500 lb (128,100 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 585,000 lb (265,350 kg)
Powerplant: 4 × Pratt & Whitney F117-PW-100 turbofans, 40,440 lbf (180 kN) each
Fuel capacity: 35,546 U.S. gal (134,556 L)
Performance
Cruise speed: Mach 0.74 (450 knots, 515 mph, 830 km/h)
Range: 2,420 nmi[192] (2,785 mi, 4,482 km) ; 5,610 nmi (10,390 km) with paratroopers
Service ceiling: 45,000 ft (13,716 m)
Max. wing loading: 150 lb/ft² (750 kg/m²)
Minimum thrust/weight: 0.277
Takeoff run at MTOW: 7,600 ft (2,316 m)[192]
Landing distance: 3,500 ft (1,060 m)
The crew of an RAF Chinook HC3 work together with the loadmaster to guide themselves into a confined area during training in LFA1
Chevrolet Advance Design Pick Up (1947-55) Engine 235cu in (3900cc) S6 S6 (uprated to a later 5700cc V8)
Registration Number 660 YUE (Warwickshire)
CHEVROLET SET
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Chevrolet's first major redesign post-World War II, the Advance-Design series was billed as a bigger, stronger, and sleeker design in comparison to the earlier AK Series. The Advance Design was launched in 1947 going on to become the number one selling vehicle in the USA. Available with straight six engines of 216cu in (3500cc), 235cu in (2900cc) and 261cu in (4300cc). and originally launched with Thriftmaster or Loadmaster bonnet embles to differentiate load capcitywith the emblems wer changed in 1949 to 3100, 3600 or 3800. with capacities of 0.5 ton (3100), .75ton (3600) and 1 ton (3800).
The Advance Design was subject to year on year modifications, for 1952 the outer door handles became push button rather than the earlier push down type, the speedometer reads a maximum speed of 90mph and dashboard trim is painted instead of chrome. Mid-year, Chevrolet stops using the 3100-6400 designation on the hood and changes to maroon window and wiper knobs. New serial number codes: KP ½ ton, KR ¾ ton, & KS 1 ton.
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Shot 21.07.2019 at , Ashover Classic Car Show, Ashover, Derbyshire 143-388
A former City of Harrisburg truck that they traded in for a brand new MRU Loadmaster RL a few years back
The Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft. The C-130J is a comprehensive update of the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, with new engines, flight deck, and other systems. The Hercules family has the longest continuous production run of any military aircraft in history. During more than 60 years of service, the family has participated in military, civilian, and humanitarian aid operations. The Hercules has outlived several planned successor designs, most notably the Advanced Medium STOL Transport contestants.
The C-130J is the newest version of the Hercules and the only model still in production. Externally similar to the classic Hercules in general appearance, the J-model features considerably updated technology. These differences include new Rolls-Royce AE 2100 D3 turboprop engines with Dowty R391 composite scimitar propellers, digital avionics (including head-up displays (HUDs) for each pilot), and reduced crew requirements. These changes have improved performance over its C-130E/H predecessors, such as 40% greater range, 21% higher maximum speed, and 41% shorter takeoff distance.
As a cargo and airlift aircraft, the C-130J's crew includes two pilots and one loadmaster (no navigator or flight engineer), while specialized USAF variants (e.g., AC-130J, EC-130J, MC-130J, HC-130J, WC-130J) may have larger crews, such as navigators/Combat Systems Officers or other specialized officer and enlisted air crew. The U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J uses a crew chief for expeditionary operations. The C-130J's cargo compartment is approximately 41 feet (12.5 m) long, 9 feet (2.74 m) high, and 10 feet (3.05 m) wide, and loading is from the rear of the fuselage. The aircraft can also be configured with the "enhanced cargo handling system". The system consists of a computerized loadmaster's station from which the user can remotely control the under-floor winch and also configure the flip-floor system to palletized roller or flat-floor cargo handling. Initially developed for the USAF, this system enables rapid role changes to be carried out and so extends the C-130J's time available to complete taskings.
Close-up interior of a 1959 Chevrolet “Task Force” Series Apache 32/3200 Fleetside ½-Ton Pickup Truck, featuring a 5.7-Litre, 348-CID “Loadmaster” OHV V8, model/chassis code [3234]; in a faded/patina’d shade of “Bombay Ivory”. Age-related black plate registration “542 XVG”, spotted outside the historic town of York, imported to the U.K. in 2019.
ZM 421 flying practice approaches at Norwich Int. Airport (NWI) before returning to RAF Brize Norton (BZZ).
Flight number GRZLY80, flight time 2:52.
Model: A400M-180 Atlas C.1
Manufacturer: Airbus
Year built: 2022
Construction number: 056
Registration number: ZM 421
Operator: 24, 30, 70 and 206 Squadrons, RAF
Delivery date: 22nd. May 2023
Crew: 3 or 4 ( 2 pilots, WSOp, loadmaster)
Length: 148 ft. (45.1 m)
Height: 48 ft 3 in. (14.7 m)
Wingspan: 139 ft. 1 in. (42.4 m)
Wing area: 2,384 sq. ft. (225.1 m2)
Empty weight: 173,283 lb. (78,600 kg)
Max payload: 81,600 lb. (37,000 kg)
Capacity:
116 x fully equipped troops
66 x stretchers with 25 x medical personnel
Mix of air pallets, vehicles, helicopters
MTOW: 310,852 lb. (141,000 kg)
MLW: 271,000 lb. (123,000 kg)
Fuel capacity: 111,300 lb. (50,500 kg)
Engines: 4 x Europrop International TP400-D6 turbo-prop
Engine output: 4 x 11,000 hp (8,202.7 kW)
Propellers: 4 x 8 bladed Ratier-Figeac variable pitch propellers with feathering and reversing capability
Propeller diameter: 17 ft. 5 in. (5.3 m)
Max speed: 480 knots (552 mph - 889 km/h)
Cruise speed at 31,000 ft. (9,450 m) at MTOW: 422 knots (485 mph - 781 km/h)
Service ceiling: 40,000 ft. (12,200 m)
Range at max payload: 1,800 nm (2,070 miles - 3,335 km)
Ferry range: 4,700 nm (5,410 miles - 8,705 km)
Tactical take off distance: 3,215 ft. (980 m)
Tactical landing distance: 2,530 ft. (770 m)
Ground turning radius: 94 ft. (28.6 m)
Also registered as:
EC-406, test registration
A4M129, test registration
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Scott Air Force Base (IATA: BLV, ICAO: KBLV, FAA LID: BLV) is a United States Air Force base in St. Clair County, Illinois, near Belleville and O'Fallon, 17 miles east-southeast of downtown St. Louis. Scott Field was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established after the United States entered World War I in April 1917. It is headquarters of Air Mobility Command (AMC), and is also the headquarters of the U.S. Transportation Command, a Unified Combatant Command that coordinates transportation across all the services.
The base is operated by the 375th Air Mobility Wing (375 AMW) and is also home to the Air Force Reserve Command's 932d Airlift Wing (932 AW) and the Illinois Air National Guard's 126th Air Refueling Wing (126 ARW), the latter two units being operationally gained by AMC.
The base currently employs 13,000 people, 5,100 civilians with 5,500 active-duty Air Force, and an additional 2,400 Air National Guard and Reserve personnel. It was announced in June 2014 that two new cybersecurity squadrons will be added to the three currently on base.
Its airfield is also used by civilian aircraft, with civilian operations at the base referring to the facility as MidAmerica St. Louis Airport. MidAmerica has operated as a Joint Use Airport since beginning operations in November 1997. Allegiant Air, the only commercial airline with scheduled flights at the airport, pulled out of the airport on January 3, 2009, but now has multiple nonstop destinations.
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(United States) "الولايات المتحدة" "Vereinigte Staaten" "アメリカ" "美国" "미국" "Estados Unidos" "États-Unis"
(Illinois) "الينوي" "伊利诺伊州" "इलिनोइस" "イリノイ" "일리노이" "Иллинойс"
(Scott Air Force Base) "قاعدة سكوت الجوية" "斯科特空军基地" "Base aérienne de Scott" "स्कॉट एयर फोर्स बेस" "スコット空軍基地" "스콧 공군 기지" "База ВВС Скотт" "Base de la Fuerza Aérea Scott"
A U.S. Air Force loadmaster assigned to the 164th Airlift Wing, Tennessee Air National Guard directs an all-terrain forklift onto a C-17 aircraft to support rescue operations in Texas following Hurricane Harvey, at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Kentucky, Aug. 29, 2017. More than 30 Kentucky Air Guardsmen and 90 tons of equipment were airlifted from Louisville to Houston to stand up an aeromedical evacuation and air cargo hub. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Lt. Col. Dale Greer) www.dvidshub.net
Staff Sgt. Robert Clark directs anArmy M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System out of a C-17 Globemaster III, April 25 during Exercise Emerald Warrior, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The primary purpose of Emerald Warrior is to exercise special operations components in urban and irregular warfare settings to support combatant commanders. Clark is a C-17 loadmaster with the 8th Airlift Squadron at McChord Air Force Base, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Vernon Young Jr.)
Crashed at Sondestrom Ford, Greenland. Landed during windy conditions, landed long, and bounced. The crew tried to recover, but it subsequently cartwheeled and crashed in a fireball. 23 killed, one loadmaster and 3 passengers survived. (Joe Baugher's website).
Photo (c) : Paul BANNWARTH
The flying Irishman
Shortly before 8am, on the 9th June 1994 an Antonov Design Bereau Antonov-124 Ruslan [UR82066] landed at Dublin Airport. This in itself was unusual. Even before the giant freighter had rumbled to a halt on the cargo apron, a new Irish record was set. it was the heaviest air freight load to land in Ireland.
Aboard was a new 112 ton General Motors locomotive for Irish Rail. The locomotive was built by General Motors at London Ontario. From there it was flown to Dublin via Montreal, Gander and Reykjavik for en-route refuelling of the Antonov. The remaining locomotives arrived in a more traditional manner!
The locomotive numbered “201” in the Irish Rail fleet was the pioneer of the 201 class. It was the first of 10 high speed locomotives for Iarnrod Eireann (subsequently increased to 32). Given the massive investment in railcars in recent years it is likely that this will be the only locomotive order placed by Iarnrod Eireann?
The loco sported a new style Iarnrod Eireann logo which was officially launched on the 24th June 1994. Abnormal Loads Engineering (A.L. E.) of Stafford were contracted to bring the locomotive to the Irish Rail works in Inchicore from Dublin airport.
The eagerness of the team delegated with the move was dulled somewhat by the Antonov’s crews work hours restrictions /legal limits. The extraction of the locomotive required the presence of the loadmaster, who was a member of the crew. The crew as a whole were out of hours and were promptly sent to a hotel to rest.
It was later in the evening of June 9th that 201 emerged from the aircraft. Tracks had to be laid to position the locomotive onto the road trailer upon which it was to be transported. It is not every day that a locomotive is hauled through the streets of Dublin! Unloading was not completed by the mid-night deadline of June 9th, which had imposed by the Gardai,(police} with reference to minimal road traffic disruption, so 201 sat on the cargo ramp for 24 hours awaiting its move by road to Inchicore. This happened overnight on the 10th and 11th June. Upon leaving the airport it travelled down the M1 as far as the R102 (Coolock), Santry Avenue, Ballymun Road and toward the city quays. It paused briefly outside Iarnrod Eireann’s headquarters at Hueston station in the wee small hours of June 11th, for some “official” photographs. From there it was a relatively straightforward journey to Inchicore. The whole journey from Dublin airport to Inchicore was completed in a little over three hours.
201 entered service on the 29th July 1994 to Cork. With the massive increase in DMU’s to Irish Rail in recent years, and the almost total disappearance of freight traffic, 201 became surplus to operational requirements and was placed in storage in December 2008. Several more of the class are also in storage. Any 201 class not equipped for push - pull operation has been stored. Their fate remains very uncertain
This International S1900 was likely Bowie's oldest truck in the fleet when it was seen working in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, D.C. in January of 2016.
In the time since, Bowie's Inc. has been acquired by EnviroSolutions Inc. (ESI). ESI retained most of Bowie's equipment, but some of the older trucks have since been taken out of service. The ESI D.C. fleet has now been repainted from forest green to ESI's burnt orange and primarily consists of International Loadmaster rear loaders.
Flying a SAR Demo at the Hamburg Hafengeburtstag. Notice the loadmaster hanging on to the door frame, a person filming the display with a smartphone through the bubble window.
For the viewers with an engineering background, there are wrinkles in the tail boom skin panels. This is visual evidence of local buckling, as the load bearing skin panels are subjected to torsion loads and lose stability. The structure is designed to do that for weight-saving purposes and retains global stability. The increased loads come are induced by the tail rotor pushing on the structure during the left hand turn. Because the tail rotor axis is offset versus the tail boom axis, there is a moment associated with the pushing force, thus leading to torsion loads in the skin panels.
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Chevrolet Advance Design Pick Up (1947-55) *Engine 216cu in (3500cc) S66
Registration Number 937 YUP (Durham)
CHEVROLET SET
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Chevrolet's first major redesign post-World War II, the Advance-Design series was billed as a bigger, stronger, and sleeker design in comparison to the earlier AK Series. The Advance Design was launched in 1947 going on to become the number one selling vehicle in the USA. Available with straight six engines of 216cu in (3500cc), 235cu in (2900cc) and 261cu in (4300cc). and originally launched with Thriftmaster or Loadmaster bonnet embles to differentiate load capcitywith the emblems wer changed in 1949 to 3100, 3600 or 3800. with capacities of 0.5 ton (3100), .75ton (3600) and 1 ton (3800).
The Advance Design was subject to year on year modifications, for 1952 the outer door handles became push button rather than the earlier push down type, the speedometer reads a maximum speed of 90mph and dashboard trim is painted instead of chrome. Mid-year, Chevrolet stops using the 3100-6400 designation on the hood and changes to maroon window and wiper knobs. New serial number codes: KP ½ ton, KR ¾ ton, & KS 1 ton.
* Engine now uprated to 5700cc
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Shot 01.07.2018 at the American Car Show, Tatton Park, Manchester Ref 135-050
The loadmaster shown here is responsible for reloading the 40mm Bofors cannon and 105mm howitzer. An ammo rack is placed behind him, inside the A-frame mounting the main gear technic springs.
Senior Airman Erin Stewart, a 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron loadmaster, loads cargo onto a C-130H Hercules in Southwest Asia Oct. 27, 2015. During their deployment, members of the 192nd Airlift Squadron flew more than 600 airlift missions in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jerilyn Quintanilla)
85-001 leaving RAF Mildenhall (MHZ) for Dover AFB (DOV), Delaware.
Flight number, RCH2025, flight time 8:23.
Model: C-5M Super Galaxy
Manufacturer: Lockheed
Year built: 1985
Delivered: 1986
Lockheed serial number: 500-0087
USAF serial number: 85-001
Aircraft name: City of Dover
Operator: 9th. Airlift Squadron, 436th. Airlift Wing
Crew: 2 x pilots, 2 x flight engineers, 3 x loadmasters
Length: 247 ft. 10 in. (75.31 m)
Height: 65 ft. 1 in. (19.84 m)
Wingspan: 222 ft. 9 in. (67.89 m)
Wing area: 6,200 sq. ft. (580 m2)
Cargo compartment length: 143 ft. 9 in. (43.8 m)
Cargo compartment height: 13 ft. 6 in. (4.11 m)
Cargo compartment width: 19 ft. (5.79 m)
Pallet capacity: 36 x 463L master pallet
Max cargo capacity: 281,000 lb. (127,459 kg)
Empty weight: 380,000 lb. (172,365 kg)
MTOW: 840,000 lb. (381,017 kg)
Fuel weight: 341,446 lb. (154,872 kg);
Fuel volume: 42,590 gal. 193,618 litres)
Engines: 4 x General Electric F-138-GE100
Thrust: 4 x 51,250 lb. (227.97 kN)
Max speed: 462 knots (532 mph - 856 km/h)
Cruise speed: 450 knots (518 mph - 833 km/h)
Rate of climb: 2,100 ft/min. (10.66 m/sec)
Service ceiling: 41,000 ft. (12,496 m)
Range, max cargo capacity: 2,300 nm (2,647 miles - 4,260 km)
Take off distance: 5,400 ft. (1,646 m)
Landing distance: 3,600 ft. (1,097 m)
Master Sgt. Geoff Cerrone, a loadmaster assigned to the 139th Airlift Squadron, part of the 109th Airlift Wing, prepares a LC-130 Hercules for departure at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. The 109th Airlift Wing flies the only ski-equipped LC-130s in the world and supports the National Science Foundation research efforts in Antarctica every year. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Gabriel Enders)