It's probably the prop blades feathered but with the engine still turning over
at normal speed. The C-130 is pretty noisy, and unmistakeable, on the ground.
But I suspect a former C130 pilot would know better . . .
Chris
On 9 May 2012, at 00:02, Jim Nichols wrote:
> I suspect it helps, but the aircraft is noisy on the ground. Even the
> co-pilot called it loud. It may be the interplay between the five-bladed
> props and the twin exhausts of the engine in each nacelle.
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