Airplane Pics

[Hoser]

After a long day of dodging thunderstorms.

[O2HeN2]

Geez, they get any more blades on those props and they'll be solid disks!

Mammatus - my favorite clouds, but that's from a ground-dweller...

O2

[AirbornePathogen]

After a long day of dodging thunderstorms.

Which variant of the Herc is that?

The seven-bladed props make it a J or later, if memory serves.

[Hoser]

Which variant of the Herc is that?

The seven-bladed props make it a J or later, if memory serves.

It is a 1994 H3 model. They used to have four silver aluminum blades and the J Models (they came out in 1996) have 6 blades. The very first A models and a few Bs had 3 bladed props. I have never seen a 3 blade prop in person.

These NP-2000 props have 8 blades and are friggin awesome. Between the new props and new Rolls Royce engine upgrades, it is a total sportscar.

You wont see any more of the older 4 blade hurks anymore. The props got old and started having issues like blades coming off inflight. That is not good.

[rondog]

These NP-2000 props have 8 blades and are friggin awesome. Between the new props and new Rolls Royce engine upgrades, it is a total sportscar.

My grandson's in the Navy, stationed at Tinker AFB in OKC, in an E6-B Mercury squadron, tired old Boeing 707's. He says he's hearing rumors of those being replaced with C-130's, hopefully they'd be the latest and greatest versions.

[Alpha2]

I imagine they have regular parts runs to Davis-Monthan to keep a 707 in the air.