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The C-130 Hercules can land and take off anywhere—including this beach

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The C-130 Hercules can basically land whatever the hell it wants, so the Danish Air Force took it to the beach because a) it’s fun! and b) you never know when you will have to invade a country. You can see it from multiple angles, including the cockpit. Bonus: A collection of all-terrain Hercules landings—and a carrier.

On dirt:

On desert sand:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_JjkfFdHyU

On ice:

On an aircraft carrier:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlTb66rZOew

And on an extremely small runway, using rockets (the crazy C-130 Hercules Jet-Assisted Take Off variant):


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