Converting Ex-Military C-130H Aircraft into Airtankers with Coulson Aviation

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  @Suncast45 · 1 year ago

  In Vietnam we called the C 130 the 4 fan trash can!  Guess these will be the 4 fan water can! Much respect and fond memories of the Work Horse!

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  @storm-aircorporation6540 · 2 years ago

  I was often at San Bernardino airport working for a major airline providing QA oversight on aircraft whose maintenance was performed there. I was fortunate enough to be given a tour of their first C-130 conversion. As a former USAF C-130H Flight Engineer, I can attest to the ability of the C-130 platform as hugely versatile. Coulson is a top-notch company who consistently demonstrates their world class abilities. I have also seen the Norwegian C-130's and I surely believe Coulson got a great deal.

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  @gcorriveau6864 · 1 year ago

  What a great and unique company. It's awesome to have them here in our own 'backyard,' making world class aircraft.

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  @henryverdugo9889 · 2 years ago

  I used to work at the San Bernardino Airport for Unical MRO for a few years. Things to do their maintenance in one of our hangers. I give Coulson Aviation respect you guys are awesome keep up the great work

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  @kiwis0uth · 1 year ago

  They have four of our H models recently retired in New Zealand

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  @TheGuyWithTheAwesomeDOG · 1 year ago

  The irony is that while Coulson is picking up Hercs from around the world, ex-RCAF ones are being scrapped in Abbotsford. The reason is that we used the SHIT out of ours, we had some of the highest hour airframes in the world... 130315 was the first to pass 50,000hrs.

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  @fourthgeartv6106 · 2 years ago

  Fly high to the top 🫡

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  @elizabethhollowaye7494 · 1 month ago (edited)

  These &apos;magnificent beasts&apos;, the CC-130 Hercules transport aircraft, manufactured mainly by Lockheed-Martin, and has been used by the military, will be getting a &apos;new lease on their lives. &nbsp; They will be undergoing quite a complex conversion to become water bombers.<br><br>They&apos;ve been performers at the Canadian International Air Show several times in the past.

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  @RobS-p6m · 2 years ago

  awesome . to see a Canadian company &nbsp;especially from BC &nbsp;. I wish the BC government would use them to dealwith forest fires

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  @adrianwapcaplet2773 · 2 years ago

  &quot;We&apos;re the only operator in the world that designs, manufactures and installs all at one location&quot;. <br><br>Britt is not telling the truth. <br><br>Conair Aviation has been doing all three functions at their facility in Abbotsford for over 50 years. Air Spray has done the same in Red Deer for their Lockheed Electras, also for 50+ years. Air Tractor does all of the above - plus builds the underlying airplane itself - all at their factory in Texas, since the mid-90s.<br><br>Coulson has converted two aircraft types in Port Alberni: the C130 &amp; 737. <br>Conair has converted (design, manufacture &amp; install) at least seven types in Abbotsford: the TBM Avenger, A-26, Grumman S2, DC-6, Convair 580, RJ-85, and Dash-8 400. Conair also improved the gate/drop system on the AT-802F in house, delivering a superior drop pattern for heavier timber fuels than the proprietary Air Tractor system.<br><br>Aviation publications (hello, Skies Magazine) need to ask follow-up questions, perform some fact-checking, and scratch the surface a little deeper rather then take a Coulson at face value. Ask some probing questions about his claim of successfully changing an ex-military Hercules to a civilian type certificate. Ask if Lockheed and Boeing support the converted airplanes once they&apos;ve had their pressurized hulls cut to install the retardant tank. Above all, never trust a ginger with a man bun.

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  @barrygillies7877 · 1 year ago

  I would love to see a video of you guys converting the 4 NZ air craft to tankers

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  @mrwest5552 · 2 years ago

  more than likely Coulson already has, or soon will, have the company wide meeting to state &quot;we won&apos;t be Boeing&quot;.

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