Herk, Hero of the Skies : The Story of the Lockheed C-130 and Its Adventures Around the World... From Ashiya to Xingu and a Few Thousand Spots in Between

Lakemont, Georgia: Copple House Books, 1979. Very Good condition in a Very Good Dust Jacket. NOT price clipped ($12.95). Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. NO owners' name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with photographs throughout. Appendix, with technical specs, program milestones, etc. Bound in the original turquoise boards, stamped in shiny silver on the spine and front cover. From the Dust Jacket: "This is the complete and dramatic story of the amazing Lockheed C-130 Hercules -- the modern day successor to the C-47 Gooney Bird. A do-anything, go-anywhere tactical (and strategic) transport, the Hercules has demonstrated its prowess around the world... from Entebbe to Xingu, and thousands of points in between, hauling goods and people into and out of postage stamp strips of sand, snow and grass, to the amazement of onlookers and passengers alike... In this profusely illustrated definitive biography of the versatile Hercules, author Joe Dabney takes the reader through the propjet's development by Lockheed and the United States Air Force and recounts many of the airplane's most heroic deeds... Much of the HERK's story is told in the words of the C-130 flyers themselves, particularly USAF pilots who flew the airplane in Vietnam, which was perhaps the airplane's finest hour.". Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good Dust Jacket. 8vo. 416pp.