![]() ![]() 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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