C-130 Hercules is one of the biggest airplanes that Spanish Air Force has. It is a fixed wing aircraft and its main aim is to be used in transportation missions.
When it is on the floor it is held by the landing gear. In both sides of the fuselage it has wings that contain the flaps and ailerons and it has horizontal and vertical stabilizers. In the nose of the plane there is a cockpit where the pilot take control of the plane. It uses turboprop, which is a different way of turbine as almost all military airplanes use turbine engines, but for medium-sized airplanes is better the turboprop.
Another characteristic is that it can fly a lot of kilometers without needing to be refuelled. In fact, it can refuel another airplanes that can’t fly so many kilometers without stopping.
This airplane is located in Zaragoza’s Air Base and they belong to “Ala 31”. Personally I have not seen one in my life but I would like to as it has to be amazing to see such a large aircraft in real life.
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