Our C-130 n° 13….
:)…..feasted last week-end the 40 years of our fleet…; see the 3 first photos in ;http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?aircraftsearch=&airlinesearch=&placesearch=&countrysearch=&adv_remark=&photographersearch=&emailsearch=®search=CH-13&cnsearch=&codesearch=&datesearch=&id=&yearsearch=&specialsearch=&specialsearch2=&sort_order=photo_id+desc&page_limit=15&thumbnails=&advanced_search=true&engine_version=6.0
BUT our fleet is not of 13 ones…
We even had a CH-14…. , yes 😀 ;http://www.belgian-wings.be/Webpages/Navigator/Photos/MilltaryPics/post_ww2/Lockheed%20C-130H%20Hercules/Lockheed%20C-130H%20Hercules%20CH14.html
Our C-130’s fleet is of …. 11 ones : because :):…. “12 -2 +1”..! (or 13 – 2 )
to understand it, see ;
Lockheed C-130E/H Hercules of Component the Belgian Air
Serial c/n Delivery date Remarks
CH-01 382-4455 20/07/1972 In service with N° 15 Air Transport Wing – USAF Serial 71-1797
CH-02 382-4460 11/08/1972 destroyed on 05/05/2006 by fire at Zaventem – USAF Serial 71-1798
CH-03 382-4461 25/08/1972 In service with N° 15 Air Transport Wing – USAF Serial 71-1799
CH-04 382-4467 27/10/1972 In service with N° 15 Air Transport Wing – USAF Serial 71-1800
CH-05 382-4470 30/10/1972 In service with N° 15 Air Transport Wing – USAF Serial 71-1801
CH-06 382-4473 15/12/1972 crashed on 15/07/1996 at Eindhoven (Netherlands) – USAF Serial 71-1802
CH-07 382-4476 25/01/1973 In service with N° 15 Air Transport Wing – USAF Serial 71-1803
CH-08 382-4478 01/02/1973 In service with N° 15 Air Transport Wing – USAF Serial 71-1804
CH-09 382-4479 01/03/1973 In service with N° 15 Air Transport Wing – USAF Serial 71-1805
CH-10 382-4481 05/03/1973 In service with N° 15 Air Transport Wing – USAF Serial 71-1806
CH-11 382-4482 02/04/1973 In service with N° 15 Air Transport Wing – USAF Serial 71-1807
CH-12 382-4483 02/04/1973 In service with N° 15 Air Transport Wing – USAF Serial 71-1808
CH-13 382-4047 17/03/2009 In service with N° 15 Air Transport Wing – USAF Serial 64-0552; N130EV, CH-14
BUT :)… if you have read well, it was not really the 40 years… ; 6 ones were delivered in 1972 !!!!
…….(there was also another reason..) (see post 341 )
friendly, Etienne
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