Lockheed YC-130 53-3397 during its first flight, 23 August 1954.
All production aircraft have been built at Lockheed Martin’s Marietta, Georgia, plant. The C-130 was designed as a basic tactical transport, capable of carrying 72 soldiers or 64 paratroopers. From a standing start, the YC-130 was airborne in 855 feet (261 meters), The flight lasted 1 hour, 1 minute. Real (a future Lockheed vice president) and Dick Stanton as flight engineers. The flight crew consisted of test pilots Stanley Beltz and Roy Wimmer, with Jack G. (Lockheed Martin)Ģ3 August 1954: The first of two Lockheed YC-130 Hercules four-engine transport prototypes, 53-3397, made its first flight from the Lockheed Air Terminal at Burbank, California, to Edwards Air Force Base. The first prototype Lockheed YC-130 Hercules, 53-3397, takes of from the Lockheed Air Terminal, Burbank, California, 23 August 1954.
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