JORGE A. DIETSCH MEMORIAL COLLECTION
No. 4035. Lockheed 382C-85D EC-130Q Hercules (N130AR c/n 382-4984) National Science Foundation
Photographed at
NAS North Island, San Diego, California, USA, July 2001, by Jorge Dietsch
03/19/2005. Remarks by
Johan Visschedijk: "This aircraft was produced as a KC-130T, later converted to EC-130Q, bearing the US Navy BuNo. 162312. The US Navy used them to relay VLF (very-low frequency) signals to submarines, using a wire antenna of 30,000 ft (9,144 m)."
