The Credible Sport concept called for a modified C-130 Hercules cargo plane to land in the Amjadien Stadium across the street from the U.S. Embassy and airlift out Delta Force soldiers and the rescued hostages. The aircraft would then be flown to and landed on an aircraft carrier for immediate medical treatment of an expected 50 wounded.

Jun 8, 2021 · The Air Force may replace the venerable C-130 with a vertical lift platform for tactical airlift missions in the future, a top official said.

Sep 10, 2021 · Bell’s latest three HSVTOL concepts are progressively larger, beginning with the smallest, known as HSVTOL Light, which is unmanned and scaling up to a roughly C-130-size transport.

The C-130H started production in 1965 and has been used extensively within the US military as a tactical airlift aircraft. Capable of taking off with over 49,000 lb of payload in 4,000 ft, the C-130 presented a proven baseline design to make V/STOL modifications to.

Apr 2, 2021 · The U.S. Air Force transported an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft from Springfield, Ohio to Austin, Texas on March 23 and 24 inside an HC-130J …

Ultimately, the Compound C-130 is an effective aircraft in theaters requiring VTOL aircraft due to geographical considerations in terms or performance. Unfortunately, the weight penalty associated with converting the C-130H to a Compound C-130 suggests that further work in the area of the drive systems is required.

The C-130 has proven to be such a successful design that it has been repeatedly re-designed for two other modes of operation: as an amphibian, and as a VTOL craft. In the 1960’s, Lockheed studied a simple approach… mounting banks of lift jet engines under the wings.

An idea out of Lockheed-California, circa March 1963 for a VTOL C-130. Featuring fore and aft rotors like the Chinook, but with only two blades per rotor, and the ability to align them for minimum drag during forward flight. However, the illustration seems to …

Converting a C-130 Hercules into a Compound Helicopter: A Conceptual Design Study Authors / Details: A. Kottapalli, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; F. Harris, Bell Helicopter, retired

May 17, 2022 · C-130s when near empty are definitely STOL capable, combine that with a decent headwind and it would definitely create the illusion of being VTOL (especially if you were driving in the opposite direction). With that said, there are no actual VTOL Hercules out there as far as I …