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The CC-130 duites include transport,
search-and-rescue, navigation training and air-to-air refuelling.
Characteristics
Primary Function: Intratheater airlift.
Contractor: Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Company.
Power Plant: Four Allison T56-A-15 turboprops; 4,300
horsepower, each engine.
Length: 97 feet, 9 inches (29.3 meters)
Height: 38 feet, 3 inches (11.4 meters)
Wingspan: 132 feet, 7 inches (39.7 meters)
Speed: 374 mph (Mach 0.57) at 20,000 feet (6,060 meters)
Ceiling: 33,000 feet (10,000 meters) with 100,000 pounds
(45,000 kilograms) payload
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 155,000 pounds (69,750 kilograms)
Range: 2,356 miles (2,049 nautical miles) with maximum
payload; 2,500 miles (2,174 nautical miles) with 25,000 pounds
(11,250 kilograms) cargo; 5,200 miles (4,522 nautical miles) with
no cargo
Crew: Five (two pilots, a navigator, flight engineer and
loadmaster); up to 92 troops or 64 paratroops or 74 litter
patients or five standard freight pallets.
Year(s) procured: 1960 to 1991
Quantity in CF: 32
Location(s): 14 Wing Greenwood, N.S. 8 Wing Trenton, Ont. 17
Wing, Winnipeg, Man.
