HERK: HERO OF THE SKIES
Written by Joseph Earl Dabney
Published by Copple House Books
in 1979
ISBN: 0932298028
HERK: HERO OF THE SKIES
Written by Joseph Earl Dabney.
Stock no. 1610265
1st.
1979.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Blue boards, silver title to spine, vignette to front. The story of the Lockheed C-130 and its adventures around the world. B/w photos. ISBN: 0932298028. Corners of boards are scuffed. Wrapper is edge rubbed; wrapper spine has small sticker, and faded title.
Front cover
Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- I - THE CAN-DO AIRLIFTER
- 1. Mission to Stanleyville
- 2. Samaritan of the Sky
- II - GENESIS OF A CLASSIC
- 3. Mating of the Jeep/Truck/Airplane
- 4. "Fire on Number 2!"
- 5. The Georgia Skunk Works
- 6. A Time of Testing: 1958-1963
- III - THAT MOST AMAZING FLYING MACHINE
- 7. Thunderweasels and Carrier Landings
- 8. Labors of Hercules
- 9. Flying Dump Trucks of Alaska
- IV - HUMANITARIAN HERCULES
- 10. Mission to McMurdo
- 11. Thunderball
- 12. Mendoza's Miracle
- V - VIETNAM, THE SUPREME TEST
- 13. Vignettes from Vietnam
- 14. Courage in the C-130 Cockpit
- A Fond Farewell
- Epilogue
- Appendix