USAF LT. COY WILKES COLLECTION
No. 3326. Lockheed 382 HC-130P Hercules US Air Force
                     Sikorsky S-65A HH-53B Super Jolly US Air Force
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Lockheed 382 HC-130P Hercules USAF & Sikorsky S-65A HH-53B Super Jolly

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02/23/2004. Remarks by Coy Wilkes: "As a Development Test Engineer for Lockheed Aircraft in Marietta, Georgia, I ran the ground compatability test program for the two aircraft before the actual in-flight test program which was conducted between March 1967 and July 1967.
I also ran the test program for the very first hook-up of a helicopter for air-to-air refueling. That first fuel transfer involved an USAF CH-3C and an USMC KC-130F and took place in January 1966."

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