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Dabney, Joseph Earl. HERK: HERO OF THE SKIES. THE STORY OF THE LOCKHEED C-130 AND ITS ADVENTURES AROUND THE WORLD....FROM ASHIYA TO XINGU AND A FEW THOUSAND SPOTS IN BETWEEN...."
Copple House, Lamemont, Georgia, 1979, second printing.
416 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0932298044 B&w photographs, maps, drawings/diagrams. "This is the complete and dramatic story of the amazing Lockheed C-130 Hercules - the modern day successor to the C-47 Gooney Bird. A do-anything, go-anywhere tactical (and strategic) transport, the Hercules has demonstrated its prowess around the world....from Entebbe to Xingu, and thousands of points in between, hauling goods and people into and out of postage stamp st r i p s o f sand, snow and grass, to the amazement of onlookers and passengers alike....In this profusely illustrated definitive biography of the versatile Hercules, author Joe Dabney takes the reader through the propjet's development by Lockheed a nd t he U n it ed States Air Force and recounts many of the airplane's most heroic deeds....Much of the HERK's story is told in the words of the C-130 flyers themselves, particularly USAF pilots who flew the airplane in Vietnam, which was perhaps the ai rpl ane 's fi nest hour." Light edge wear, slight bump at corners, book very slightly cocked, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, slight bump to top corner of most pages. Dust jacket has light to moderate edge wear/wrinkling, light to mod erat e ru bbin g - mai nly on front panel, area of light color loss and tiny foxing marks on front panel, a few small tears archivally taped, light foxing and one small water mark on inside of spine. Very Good-/Good
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