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I recently re-viewed this episode, and in the trivia section is mention of a Reader's Digest article which has some similarities to the story. Check it out:
http://fiveohomepage.com/5-0log9.htm#198
http://fiveohomepage.com/season9/dime-of-pure-gold.pdf
Love the review Mr. Mike! I like this one and one of the reasons is because we see how the Coast Guard conducts Search and Rescue.
Do we know the C-130 was an H model? I think the Alaska ANG was flying E models during the 1970s but I could be completely wrong :)
If you look up this plane by its number on this page -- http://www.joebaugher.com/coastguardseries.html -- there is geeky info about it:
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1452/1454 Lockheed HC-130H Hercules
Acquired by Coast Guard under USAF addendum. All returned to USAF. Transfers to MASDC from www.amarcexperience.com
1452 MSN 382-4255. Originally ordered by USAF as 67-7183. To MASDC as 45015 and transferred to USAF inventory as CF0043
1453 MSN 382-4260. Originally ordered by USAF as 67-7184. Was 1000th C-130 produced by Lockheed. To MASDC as 45012 and transferred to USAF inventory as CF0045
1454 MSN 382-4265. Originally ordered by USAF as 67-7185. To MASDC as 45010 and transferred to USAF inventory as CF0044.
Ooh! Thanks for that, I saw H model and I honestly couldn't remember when they went into service :)