• Aircraft:

  Lockheed KC-130R Hercules

• Reg: 992 photos
• Serial #:

  4768

• Airline: Chile - Air Force
• Photo Date: Oct 23, 2022
• Uploaded: Nov 07, 2022
• Tenerife Sur-Reina Sofía - GCTS, Spain

Technical stopover at the Tenerife Sur airport of this KC130R Hercules, being the first of the CHILEAN AIR FORCE to incorporate the new NP2000 blades, made of composite material and EPCS control, allowing the reduction of vibration and interior noise by about 15 dB. It also increases acceleration at low speed by 20% and shortens the take-off distance by about 300 meters. Each engine replaces the four aluminum blades with eight of this composite material. Information obtained from the FACh.

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Taxiing to runway 17

Maurice Becker 992

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New NP-2000 engine for this KC-130R

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diverted from Tenerife South

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