Aircraft reference
N131CG
EC-130Q Hercules · Coulson Flying Tankers
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Identity
- Mission
- Air tankers
- Registration
- N131CG
- Mode-S address
- A07F21
- ICAO type
- C130
- Model
- EC-130Q Hercules
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed
- Serial number
- 161495
- Operator
- Coulson Flying Tankers
- Country of registration
- United States
About the Lockheed C-130 Hercules
Land-based air tanker
It loads water or retardant on the ground and attacks from a runway base. It can knock down flames with water or lay a retardant line ahead of the fire to slow its spread and support crews on the ground.
What this type can do
The four-engine C-130H carries CAL FIRE’s 4,000-gallon tank and can lay a long retardant line from a large transport platform. It reloads on the ground and is suited to sustained attack over incidents that need much more payload than an initial-attack tanker.
This describes the type’s usual firefighting capability; it does not prove what this aircraft is carrying or doing now.
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American, four-engined, turboprop, military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed. Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was designed as a troop, medical evacuation, and cargo transport aircraft. Its versatile airframe has found other uses, including as a gunship (AC-130), for airborne assault, search and rescue, scientific research support, weather reconnaissance, aerial refueling, maritime patrol, and aerial firefighting. It is the main tactical airlifter for many military forces worldwide. More than 40 variants of the Hercules, including civilian versions marketed as the Lockheed L-100, operate in more than 60 nations.
ICAO type · C130Flight history
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