Andrew C. Toppan wrote in
:

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 01:18:08 GMT, "Jim Morris"
wrote:

And the C130 made 1 landing and 1 takeoff. Period.

No, it made several takeoffs and landings.

(and it was a KC-130)

Period.

From this work:

United States
Naval Aviation
1910–1995
Roy A. Grossnick
with contributions from
William J. Armstrong
W. Todd Baker
John M. Elliott
Gwendolyn J. Rich
Judith A. Walters

Naval Historical Center
Department of the Navy
Washington, D.C.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Grossnick, Roy A.
United States Naval Aviation, 1910–1995 / Roy A. Grossnick ; with
contributions from William J. Armstrong . . . [et al.]. — [4th ed.]
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0–945274–34–3 (case bound : alk. paper)
1. United States. Navy—Aviation—Chronology. I. Armstrong,
William J. II. Title.
VG93.G7627 1997
359.94’0973—dc21 96–37481
CIP

I quote in part:

1963

8 November During 8, 21 and 22 November,
Lieutenant James H. Flatley III, and his crew members,
Lieutenant Commander Smokey Stovall and ADJ1 Ed
Brennan, made 21 full-stop landings and takeoffs in a
C-130F Hercules on board Forrestal. From this test the
Navy concluded that the C-130 could carry 25,000
pounds of cargo and personnel 2,500 miles and land
on a carrier. However, the C-130 was considered too
risky for use in routine COD operations.
*****

Thus clarifying both cargo capacity, number of takeoffs and landings, and
the a/c model. The above work is available in .pdf format on the Navy
Historical Center web site.

Dave in San Diego