aharon Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Shalom and greetings all my pals, Presenting a nice Alaska Airlines Hercules action via flight from PAAQ Palmer Municipal Airport located 1 mile southeast of the central business district of Palmer in Matanuska-Susitna Borough of Alaska to PAHO Homer Airport located two miles east of the central business district of Homer in the Kenai Peninsula Borough of Alaska. Getting ready for fight to Homer that is considered and known as the Halibut Fishing Capital of the World. Starting engines!! Right engines started and revved up Starting left engines Gauges indicating that engines are ready for taxi! Starting to taxi to short of runway 34 Entering into taxiway on way to runway 34 Still taxiing on taxiway towards the runway Because of regulations of the forums not permitting more than 10 screenshots per post, please be kind enough to go to this hyperlink below to view rest of awesome Hercules action Here is the hyperlink: https://calclassic.proboards.com/thread/10046/believe-alaska-airline-operate-hercules Thank you for viewing. Please stay tuned for next exciting flight Regards, Aharon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Beautiful Aharon!! And no, I wasn't aware a C-130 was flown by a civilian company, except for firefighting! Michael Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Great shots of the Alaska Air Herc Aharon. Very colorful and crisp as usual. :cool: :cool: :cool: Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downwind66 Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Wow, Aaron, that is one big "Bad Boy!" Very nice! Rick! :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVIDSTRAKA Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Another great flight! That aircraft just looks tough. :pilot: Senior Rookie Bragware: FSX Gold - Acceleration | HP Omen Obelisk Desktop | Intel Core i7 3.2 Ghz |16GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 | 1TB HD | 256 GB SSD (Gaming Computer) REX Worldwide Airports HD AS16 + ASCA ORBX Global BASE ORBX Freeware Airports ORBX HD Trees [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sampa Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Beautiful Aharon!! And no, I wasn't aware a C-130 was flown by a civilian company, except for firefighting! Michael I think Buffalo might have used a couple at one point or another. don't remember. 1+1=cow :p "WE jumped out a WINdow!" -Baymax (from Big Hero 6) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billd Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 (edited) The civilian version of the C-130 is L-382. Alaska Airlines had the L-100 (L-382) version of the C-130 Edited August 8, 2020 by Billd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macroburst Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 That was a golden Nugget! Didn't know that. I'd hitch a ride to go fishing! Thanks Aharon- beautiful shots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamb Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Looks great on the Herd, never saw that one before. :) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aharon Posted August 9, 2020 Author Share Posted August 9, 2020 Thanks all for very very kind words. Regards, Aharon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenvox Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 wow never knew that WJA221, BFL0200, ASA2703 http://www.darrensfs9site.weebly.com http://darrensflightsimblog.blogspot.com/ https://discord.gg/6d5V7Qu << <<<fs9 discord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt.Charlier Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 Very nice, plane and pics are an eye candy, keep up the good work. By the way i also never knew that Alaska Airlines had a Hercules. http://www.worldwidevirtual.net/common/images/signatures/WW2634.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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