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   From: curtknow@cox.net   
      
   > Thanks. Anyone know the function of the white bump on this plane?   
   > http://www.lazygranch.com/images/flags/r2007_1/c130_21.jpg   
      
   It's not a navigator's dome, it's a dome inserted in place of the forward   
   escape hatch from which a crewmember can watch for hostiles or take some   
   reallt cool air-to-air photography.   
   AFAIK, no C-130 has ever had a nav dome, using a periscope sextant instead.   
   I'm sure even that's been made redundant by now.   
      
   Curt   
      
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