Lockheed's C-130 Hercules ... 745 ft (227 m) for takeoff and 460 ft (140 m) for landing roll, thanks to the precise coordination between Flatley and Jerry Daugherty, the carrier's landing signal ...

Typically, a C-130 required over 3,500 feet of runway to take off, and the USS Forrestal was just over 1,000 feet long.