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Former Norwegian Hercules firefighter

The second former Luftforsvaret (RNoAF, Royal Norwegian Air Force) C-130H Hercules for Coulson, N130CG, was caught while landing at Victoria – International (BC), Canada on 2 December 2020. The new firefighting Herky diverted there on delivery ferry because of fog at its Port Alberni base.

N130CG does not carry the usual flashy Coulson “Tanker” colours yet but can be distinguished by its “Coulson Air Force” titles. It also carries its former Norwegian serial 957 on the fin, and its Norwegian name “BRAGE” on the nose. A sign of its years in storage at AMARG (AZ) as can be seen by the code AYCF0005, which is still visible. In March 2020 the Hercules was towed to the Pima Air & Space Museum grounds (Tucson, AZ) where the aircraft was serviced and made ready to depart to the Coulson Aviation base at Sacramento/McClellan Airfield (CA) to be modernised.This is the second use of registration N130CG on a Hercules with the first having been written off while engaged in a firefighting mission in Australia, January 2020.

We reported earlier on this Hercules : https://www.facebook.com/Scramblemagazine/posts/first-two-new-coulson-aviation-c-130h-hercules-will-leave-amarg-soonwith-a-few-d/3485775344782308/

photo: Tim Martin, kindly provided by AirHistory.net

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