The first of two ex-US Navy Lockheed Martin C-130H transports acquired by the Royal Netherlands Air Force via Derco Aerospace has been shipped to the UK for overhaul by Marshall Aerospace.
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Although most of the load was crated up, the aircraft’s 31.4m (103ft)-long, 4.9m-wide fuselage was transported as one piece, with a total weight of 55t.
The second Dutch aircraft will be transported to Cambridge later this month.
DOMINIC PERRY / LONDON
Source: Flight International
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