As you all probably know, skydiving from a Hercules - or Lockheed C-130 which is the official name of this magnificent aircraft - is every skydivers dream. An important issue for 2000 is to increase the flight capacity. We proudly present that, as the first boogie ever, there will be no less than TWO C-130s at your disposal during the last two days! (The first six days you will have to make do with one C-130.)

Some facts about the C-130:

• a four engine aircraft with 4 x 4508 hp
• ramp exits
• it takes less than 7 minutes to get to 13500 ft
• it takes 80 skydivers in one lift
• at exit, the C-130 has a speed of 120 knots
• The Swedish Air Force supplies with jumpmasters

The enormous power of the machine will be clear to you if you read the story of what happened when the aircraft carried 450 passengers!

• Lockheed C-130J Hercules
• The Aviation Zone: C-130 Hercules factsheet
• C-130 Hercules Headquarters
• The history of the C-130 Hercules
• Swedish Air Force Unofficial C-130 Hercules site