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|    Re: Red Flag 2007-1 photographs    |
|    19 Nov 06 08:07:21    |
      XPost: rec.aviation.military       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              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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