Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules

what is it?

The Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules is a medium-size American 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 C-130J is the newest version of the C-130 Hercules, and the only model currently in production.

🔎How to recognise it: 4 turboprops · high wing · 40.4 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 670 km/htop speed
• range 3,334 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 92passengers
• size 74.4 tmax take-off weight
• built 540made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 30 years ago, in 1996.
• 🏎️Top speed is 5.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 40.4 m: about 9 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 3,334 km: 19× Amsterdam to Brussels.

turboprop: A jet-style turbine turning a propeller: efficient on short hops.

spec sheet

first flight

1996-04-05

introduced

1999

status

still flying

number built

540

role

military transport, aerial refuelling aircraft

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Lockheed Martin

engines

4× Rolls-Royce AE 2100D3

crew

3

passengers

92

length

29.8 m

wingspan

40.4 m

height

11.8 m

max take-off weight

74.4 t

top speed

670 km/h

cruise speed

644 km/h

range

3,334 km

ceiling

8,534 m

wings

high wing

ICAO code

C30J

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

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