- Lockheed UV-1L / C-130BL / LC-130F
JD-21 / XD-03 (Not the original) / XD-321
- Lockheed C-130 production number: 3567
Lockheed series number: 282C-6B
US Navy Buno: 148321
USAF serial number: 59-5925
Build date: 1959
VX-6 side number: JD-21
VXE-6 side number: XD-03
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- History: Operated with VX / VXE-6 from 1961 - 1971, crashed and left in place for
17 years in Antarctica, recovered and repaired, returned to VXE-6 from 1993-1999.
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- Disposition: Storage Davis-Monthan AFB 29 Mar 99
The Navy UV-1L / C-130BL / LC-130F is the equivalent of the USAF C-130B
After unloading a French traverse team on December 4 1971, the pilot made a JATO take-off
to return to McMurdo 750 nautical miles away. At an altitude of about 50 feet, two JATO
bottles separated from the left-hand side of the fuselage and struck the inboard engine
and propeller. With the gearbox and propeller torn off and the outboard propeller damaged
by flying debris, the aircraft was seriously damaged on impact. The ten man crew were
uninjured but had to live in survival shelters for 80 hours until the weather improve
enough to allow a rescue plane to land. Recovered after being burried by snow for 17 years
in Antarctica.
(from "United States Aircraft Losses in Antarctica")
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