LM-100J at Farnborough 2018

[cflord]

Press release of Lockheed Martin's LM-100J flying a Demo at Farnborough 2018. Not bad for an old plane design of the 1950s and updated over the years. This "Herk" is not a C-130J; but a Civilian variant. Note the absence of the cockpit airdrop windows (2 per side - military C-130J only), located just below the main cockpit window arrangement. I've flown (Flight Engineer) the older variant of this plane the L382G/L-100G. The new plane no longer has a Flight Engineer or Navigator. 3 man crew - 2 pilots and 1 loadmaster (Or another crewmember replacing the loadmaster). Enjoy the demo!

Press release: Published on Jul 18, 2018

Lockheed Martin’s C-130J Hercules-derived LM-100J commercial freighter is making its Farnborough debut. Lockheed has previously offered a civil version of the older, shorter-fuselage Hercules called the L-100, but production ended in 1992. Many of those aircraft are still in operation today. The multi-role LM-100J is expected to complete a variety of delivery missions involving bulky and oversize cargo. It can also operate to and from short or unprepared airfields, without ground support equipment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTuL2-ND-68

Keep the shiny side up and the dirty side down!

Ret SMSgt Cliff Lord - C-130 Flight Engineer & Mechanic

[AKar]

It is always impressive to see big aircraft maneuvering like that.

I am also much into military transport aircraft that are either converted into civilian variants or produced as ones. Transporting stuff that don't fit into ULDs, these have some good advantages in comparison to many civilian types. I've not really met the Herc in person, but can talk something about Il-76 and An-124 for instance. Transporting loads as simple as modestly sized vehicles takes some trickery in some airliner converted to freighter but is almost a Ro-Ro operation with an airlifter in comparison.

-Esa