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- OBJECT TYPE
- aircraft
- DATE
- 1960–1975
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.1048.025
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian Armed Forces
- MODEL
- Hercules Aircraft
- LOCATION
- Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 25
- Total Parts
- 28
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Stiff paper card front bears black & white photograph of aircraft in flight; text printed in black ink on reverse.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 13.2 cm
- Width
- 8.3 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Archives
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Defence CA
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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Unknown - Function
-
To provide image and brief description of specific aircraft. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "HERCULES AIRCRAFT/ The nimble heavy-weight of Air Transport Com-/ mand, is the C-130E Hercules. The special feature/ of this four-engine aircraft is its rear-loading system/ incorporating a large door section in the fuselage/ which lowers to form a loading ramp and facilitates/ the handling of bulky, long loads. It can carry 12/ tons of cargo 3,400 miles at 340 miles per hour, and can lift 64 fully equipped paratroops, or 82/ infantrymen, or 70 litter cases and six attendants./ It has a short take-off and landing capability./ CANADIAN/ ARMED/ FORCES" printed in black ink on one side of card.
- Missing
- None: each card is complete in itself.
- Finish
- Stiff paper card front bears black & white photograph of aircraft in flight; text printed in black ink on reverse.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Canadian Armed Forces, Card, circa 1960–1975, Artifact no. 1994.1048, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.1048.025/
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