C-130 Hercules Amphibious

[Scudrunner]

Posted this to the Facebook page a week ago.

The more I think about this I figure this is some sort of press release to get the attention and distract the Chinese and Russians.


https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/4 ... -happening

[TwinOtterFan]

Wow, I've seen them on skis before but never floats. Up in Pet they used to put the Chinook on skis as well. Pretty neat.

[Colonel]

I can just hear the old bush guys: "straight floats!!"

[Squaretail]

Dumb question: How would you load anything into it? I mean obviously people can probably climb in somehow, but you'd need some sort of special loading ramp on land, and some sort of pontoon bridge rig in the water?

[David MacRay]

AHLD

Amphibious Herc loading dock. Obviously.

[Slick Goodlin]

Dumb question: How would you load anything into it? I mean obviously people can probably climb in somehow, but you'd need some sort of special loading ramp on land, and some sort of pontoon bridge rig in the water?

*maybe* it sits low enough in the water that the rear ramp can have a sliding section (like an extension ladder) so the end can dip into the water to launch or recover small boats. I suppose alternatively you could do away with the aft ramp, replacing it with barn doors and an overhead gantry crane to just lift cargo in and out.

[Colonel]

Obviously an amphibious version of this would be simplest: