A few questions
1. How far is it from where he started to where he wanted to fly to?
2. What is the endurance distance of a C-130?
3. Is it even possible for one person to complete the duties of pilot and Flight Engineer to get the C-130 properly set up for long distance travel? It is an awesome aircraft, but hardly self-flying.
4. The ground crew might be dumb enough to fuel a C-130 based on a phone call, but how did this individual gain access to the aircraft while on the flight line? When I was in the AF, no one just walked up to a military aircraft on a hot pad with out a lot of ID. Also how did he get clearance to take off without a filed flight plan?
Anyone who has spent any time in the military knows that there is paper work involved for everything! There is even paper work for the paper work.
Were things that lax during 69?