Cheney Airstream

[thecatsandi]

Originally Posted by wahoonc

C130's got jet engines too



Aaron

Those are actually rockets. JATO rockets to be exact.
It does have "Jet engines" but they are turning a prop not just blowing hot air.

[whitsend]

The C-130's our govt sent into Saana for the evacuation were turbo props. How do I know? I stood in the prop wash of the huge 4-engine plane while our Embassy resolved a problem I was causing - they weren't going to allow an elderly English lady to board the plane, so I refused to go. Took 'em 15 minutes or so, but she & I were the last civilians to board . The prop wash of a huge military aircraft is something you don't forget. It isn't a fond memory.