The C-130 features a loading ramp and door in the tail that can accomodate palletized loads, vehicles and troops. The aircraft can airdrop up to 42,000 pound loads or land on short, unimproved ...

The largest aircraft ever to land on an aircraft carrier was the Lockheed C-130, a cargo transport plane never designed for ...

Lockheed's C-130 Hercules landed on an aircraft carrier in 1963, setting a record as the largest and heaviest aircraft to do so. The aircraft conducted 29 touch-and-go and 21 full-stop landings ...