Story of Innovation: C-130 Hercules
Who wanted to build a stubby turboprop cargo aircraft at the dawn of the jet age?
Our Royal New Zealand Air Force currently operates five C-130(NZ) Hercules aircraft. We took delivery of the first three Hercules (NZ7001 – NZ7003) in 1965. These were the first C-130H production models off the Lockheed production line. A further two C-130H, (NZ7004 – NZ7005) were received in 1969.