Description
Pre-owned. In this profusely illustrated definitive biography of the versatile Hercules, author Joe Dabney takes the reader through the propjet’s development by Lockheed and the United States Air Force and recounts many of the airplane’s most heroic deeds. The book tells how the C-130, which started out as a logistics war bird, quickly developed into one of the world’s most effective flying ambassadors of goodwill and international cooperation. The Hercules, in its many versions, is flying today for operators in 45 countries representing every continent. More than 1500 have been delivered. 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 airplane’s finest hour. Bound in blue cloth with silver titling to spine and a Hercules motif on the front board. Price-clipped dustjacket in good condion apart for some scuffing, minor creasing and twosmall tear s at top of spine and top right of front cover. Book also has a small alpha-numeric reference in pencil at the top right of inside front cover. Tight clean copy. Hardcover. Published by Copple House Books 1979
