No idea what or why

I was driving home today and this thing came headed my way - no idea what it is or what it was doing......

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It's a CAF C-130 Hercules.

Thanks Dan. They're sure old planes!

Wallace River wrote in post #11932049
Thanks Dan. They're sure old planes!

Not necessarily. The CF have used a few different versions over the years. We still have 8 of the original 'E' models kicking around. The 'H' models date to 1996 and the new 'J' models started arriving in 2010.

Wallace River wrote in post #11930177
I was driving home today and this thing came headed my way - no idea what it is or what it was doing......

Since you live on the east coast, the plane could have been heading to Malta or it might have been on its return trip bringing back Canadians.

http://www.theglobeand​mail.com …nst-libya/article1922800/

There's a paragraph midway through the article:

and

It might have been one of Greenwood's Hercs on a training mission, or perhaps doing SAR duty in the Strait or Gulf. According to the DND website, they keep four at CFB Greenwood for SAR and other missions (humanitarian and army operations support).

They were obviously hunting you down...

ChunkyDA wrote in post #11932755
They were obviously hunting you down...

It felt like it Dave! He was lined right up on the road I was on, near Debert airfield.

looks like one of the older C-130E models as the fuselage doesn't look stretched and she's got the old square paddle blades.

. . . old E one 4 sure, lookit the exhaust trails !!

lol amazingly not as visible as one would expect from those T-56s normally.

Oh, believe me the exhaust trails were clearly visible! That's why I stopped so quickly get that shot, it looked like it was coming down with engine trouble. But the trails were from all 4 engines, so not likely, I thought later.