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Here’s a question for the aircraft enthusiasts out there: anyone here familiar with aircraft lubricants?<o></o>
Why do I ask? The story below is from an Outer Banks, NC newspaper. According to the report, an (as of yet) unidentified C-130 was making very low passes over a couple of airports there. After the flyovers, this was noted: “One clue left behind is the fact that it apparently is either leaking some type of fluid or dumping a strange sort of fuel. Some vehicles under the path of the plane were splattered with a sticky, milky substance that is difficult to remove without scrubbing.”<o></o>
I am not familiar with anything that would leak from a plane that would be described like this. I have emailed the paper and asked if any of the substance was saved for possible analysis.<o></o>
Just curious, thanks.<o></o>
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http://obsentinel.womacknewspapers.com/articles/2009/09/23/top_stories/tops1071.txt<o></o>
 
Well, there is certain mechanical equipment that when dealing with compressed air, or air moving rapidly, that will mix a little bit of oil with the air so that it does not damage the components and so that the moisture in the air does not cause rust.
 
I'm not sure that this helps but I work in the automotive industry...

There are certain refrigerants that contain PAG oil, and that mix, if allowed to air dry, will result in a whitish, hard to clean residue. I don't think that a C130 is an aircraft which has a pressurized cabin or has an air conditioning system, though.
 
Xylo said:
I don't think that a C130 is an aircraft which has a pressurized cabin or has an air conditioning system, though.
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I don't know about AC, but you can definitely pressurize the cabin. It can be set up to carry paratroopers.

FUSELAGE: The fuselage is a semimonocoque design and divided into a flight station and a cargo compartment. Seating is provided for each flight station. The cargo compartment is approximately 41 feet long, 9 feet high, and 10 feet wide. Loading is from the rear of the fuselage. Both the flight station and the cargo compartment can be pressurized to maintain a cabin pressure-altitude of 5000 feet at an aircraft altitude of 28,000 feet.
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From: Federation of American Scientists :: C-130 Hercules
 
ondafritz said:
Which I have seen demonstrated on a number of occasions. Ever see a C-130 use JATOs on takeoff????? Loud, fast, and proud baby!!!!
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I've seen that, and it's pretty wild watching a big plane jump up in the air and zoom off. Seems like they can land in a pasture, too.
 
Double Nought Spy said:
I've seen that, and it's pretty wild watching a big plane jump up in the air and zoom off. Seems like they can land in a pasture, too.
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Quite frankly, I believe that the C-130 is one of the most ignored triumphs of aviation design. When you think that this plane can take off in 12-18" of mud??? Try that F-16.

LOL... another beautiful airplane as well!
 
ondafritz said:
Quite frankly, I believe that the C-130 is one of the most ignored triumphs of aviation design.
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Believe me it's not overlooked by any of the ground pounders! Especially not the AC-130 Gunship!
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ondafritz said:
Quite frankly, I believe that the C-130 is one of the most ignored triumphs of aviation design. When you think that this plane can take off in 12-18" of mud??? Try that F-16.

LOL... another beautiful airplane as well!
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Let's not start comparing two completely different types of planes.:)
 
The C-130 is truly a remarkable aircraft, the AC-130 doubly so! I have always been amazed at the fire power it can lay down and find it interesting it uses a gun that first saw use in WWII, the 40mm Bofors.
 
Schuyler said:
OK. A Harrier could do it.
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OK, since you mentioned Harriers. I saw one of those at an airshow one time. It went through a demonstration of its fighter-jet moves and then hovered a few hundred yards away from the crowd, about a hundred feet up. Then it made a slow 360, stopping for several seconds when it was pointed directly at us spectators. That was freaky, and not in a fun way!
 
Double Nought Spy said:
OK, since you mentioned Harriers. I saw one of those at an airshow one time. It went through a demonstration of its fighter-jet moves and then hovered a few hundred yards away from the crowd, about a hundred feet up. Then it made a slow 360, stopping for several seconds when it was pointed directly at us spectators. That was freaky, and not in a fun way!
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Go Marines!!!

What an awesome aircraft
 
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