Lockheed L-100 Hercules

L-100 Hercules
A Tepper Aviation L-100-30 taking off from Mojave Spaceport, California
Role Transport aircraft
National origin United States
Manufacturer Lockheed
First flight April 20, 1964
Introduction September 30, 1965
Status Active
Primary users Indonesian Air Force
Safair
Lynden Air Cargo
Transafrik International
Produced 114
Developed from C-130 Hercules

The Lockheed L-100 Hercules is the civilian variant of the prolific C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft made by the Lockheed Corporation. Its first flight occurred in 1964. Longer L-100-20 and L-100-30 versions were developed. L-100 production ended in 1992 with 114 aircraft delivered.[1][2] The LM-100J is set to start production in 2018-2019. It is an updated variant of the L-100.

Development

In 1959, Pan American World Airways ordered 12 of Lockheed's GL-207 Super Hercules to be delivered by 1962, to be powered by four 6,000 eshp Allison T61 turboprops. The Super Hercules was to be 23 ft 4 in (7.11 m) longer than the C-130B; a variant powered by 6,445 Rolls-Royce Tynes and a jet-powered variant with four Pratt & Whitney JT3D-11 turbofans were also under development. Both Pan American and Slick Airways (which had ordered six) cancelled their orders and the other variants did not evolve past design studies.

Lockheed decided to produce a commercial variant based on a de-militarised version of the C-130E Hercules. The prototype L-100 (registered N1130E) first flew on April 20, 1964 when it carried out a 1-hour, 25-minute flight. The type certificate was awarded on 16 February 1965. Twenty-one production aircraft were then built with the first delivery to Continental Air Services on September 30, 1965.

Northwest Territorial Airways L-100-30 at London Stansted Airport in 1979
Lockheed L-100-20 of Delta Air Lines operating a freight flight from Atlanta Airport, Georgia, in 1972
French L-100 in 1981
Saudi L-100 in 2011

Slow sales led to the development of two new, longer versions, the L-100-20 and L-100-30, both of which were larger and more economical than the original model. Deliveries totaled 114 aircraft, with production ending in 1992. Several L-100-20 aircraft were operated on scheduled freight flights by Delta Air Lines between 1968 and 1973.

An updated civilian version of the Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Super Hercules was under development, but the program was placed on hold indefinitely in 2000 to focus on military development and production.[1][2] On February 3, 2014, Lockheed Martin formally relaunched the LM-100J program, saying it expects to sell 75 aircraft. Lockheed sees the new LM-100J as an ideal replacement for the existing civil L-100 fleets.[3]

Variants

Civilian variants are equivalent to the C-130E model without pylon tanks or military equipment.

L-100 (Model 382)
One prototype powered by four Allison 501-D22s and first flown in 1964
L-100 (Model 382B)
Production variant
L-100-20 (Model 382E and Model 382F)
Stretched variant certified in 1968 with a new 5 ft (1.5 m) section forward of the wing and 3 ft 4 in (1.02 m) section aft of the wing.
L-100-30 (Model 382G)
A further stretched variant with an additional 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) fuselage section.
LM-100J (Model 382J)
An updated civilian version of the military C-130J model.[4]

Operators

Civilian operators

In July 2009 a total of 36 Lockheed L-100 Hercules aircraft were in commercial service. Operators include Safair (9),[5] Lynden Air Cargo (6), Transafrik (5), Libyan Arab Air Cargo (3), First Air (2), and other operators with single aircraft.[6]

Military operators

In January 2009, 35 Lockheed L-100s were in use with military operators, including:

Other users with fewer aircraft.[7]

Accidents and incidents

Specifications (L-100-30)

Data from International Directory of Civil Aircraft,[1] Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft[13]

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Related development
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

References

Notes
  1. Now defunct UK company, not to be confused with current Australian company
Bibliography
  1. 1 2 3 Frawley, Gerald. The International Directory of Civil Aircraft, 2003/2004. Fishwick, Act: Aerospace Publications, 2003. ISBN 1-875671-58-7.
  2. 1 2 Lockheed L-100 Hercules. airliners.net
  3. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/03/lockheed-transport-faa-idUSL2N0L81WC20140203?feedType=RSS&feedName=everything&virtualBrandChannel=11563
  4. "Lockheed-Martin to Update Civilian Version of the Hercules". Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  5. Safair
  6. "World Airliner Census". Flight International, 18–24 August 2009.
  7. "World Military Aircraft Inventory". 2009 Aerospace Source Book. Aviation Week and Space Technology, January 2009.
  8. US notifies Congress of potential Libyan C-130J sale - Flightglobal.com, 11 June 2013
  9. NTSB report of the crash of L-382G N-517SJ, at Travis AFB, California
  10. ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules PK-PLV Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG)
  11. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20080825-0
  12. Olausson, Lars, "Lockheed Hercules Production List – 1954–2005, 22nd ed.", self-published, page 104.
  13. Donald, David, ed. "Lockheed C-130 Hercules". The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Barnes & Nobel Books, 1997. ISBN 0-7607-0592-5.

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