Patrick Fitzgerald - In Praise of the Turbo Prop

Focussing on the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Sqn Ldr Patrick Fitzgerald (ret’d) explains why some aircraft still have propellers in the 21st century. The C-130 was often described as the RAF’s ubiquitous workhorse. It was developed post the Korean War in 1952, as a far more capable ‘Tactical Transport’ aircraft than all the piston powered aircraft it superseded, and first flew in August 1954
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