![]() ![]() ![]() The C-74 was a pure ‘strategic’ transporter and needed a concrete runway. He adds these aircraft really preferred a prepared, level strip - which isn’t always the standard in operational environments. “They could land on dirt or grass but had to be careful not to be too heavy.” “In World War II, airlifters like the C-46 and C-47 were taildraggers and had to be loaded by hand and couldn’t carry much,” he says. Jeff Rhodes, a Lockheed Martin Aeronautics historian, explains that although there were airlifters before the Hercules, it was Lockheed’s (before it merged with Martin Marietta in the mid-90s) Hercules design that fundamentally changed the design and scope of the airborne transporter. Lockheed Martin is one of several global players in the military airlifter market, but the company has a longstanding contributor to it. ![]()
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