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C-130 Seaplane
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Re: C-130 Seaplane
Ha! Not a chance. The payload will be pathetic, the C-130 is not a speed demon and will be a J3 with these floats on, at that point what have they gained?dhc# wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 6:31 am Might actually happen...
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They’d be further ahead to through it back to Lockheed and ask them to make a flying boat out of a C-130.
Or build a modernized and amphibious Martin Mars.
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Brantford Beech Boy
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Re: C-130 Seaplane
but would you fly it in bare feet? 
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tractor driver
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Re: C-130 Seaplane
Years ago, while at Wipaire in S. St Paul, Minnesota, I saw a set of engineering drawings for a C-130 on amphibious floats. Not sure how far it progressed from there.
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goldeneagle
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Re: C-130 Seaplane
They would be better off to just go buy a few of these.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ShinMaywa_US-2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ShinMaywa_US-2
