Lockheed C-130 Hercules (N132CG)

First civilian C-130 I've seen.

I don't know much about Coulson (other than they operate firefighting air tankers) but they sure seem to take pride in their aircraft, always a stunning livery!

Beautiful C-130 / Nic epic Jarrod.

So glad I saw their Martin Hawaii Mars (now retired) fly at Oshkosh like 5 years ago.

When was this photo taken? Wondering what route they took to get to Australia, I checked the flight log and for the last month this plane has been in Chile. I put up a post about Coulson last fall: https://pergelator.blogspot.com/2021/10/martin-mars.html

Al, you must be young. Southern Air Transport plus others I think, flew civilian -130's, I think they were L-100's.

The runway at YBLN Busselton has recently been extended out to 8,000 feet.

Great shot and SAFAIR in South Africa has been a civilian operator since the early 70's

Delta Airlines operated 3 C-130’S in the early 70’s known as L-100’s. Operated as dedicated freighters
for a couple of years.

Keith Brown. Coulson's first C-130 was a mylar wrap, I can't say for sure this one is also, I assume it is. From my experience, Coulson does take good care of their Herc's.

Larry Toler your right about Southern Air using L-100's. They also used regular ex military C-130's. But Not just the Boeing 707. They had Douglas DC-8's and some of the DC-8 "Super 70 Series" Same aircraft but instead of just Pratt & Whitney JT-3 engines. It had GE CFM-56 engines. Plus Boeing 747-200's