I saw a video once where a C-130 makes a carrier landing. Don't remember the circumstances, but as I remember, it was an actual military test. Probably they will use that footage for the show.
>edit: Did some surfing and found this:
The trials were conducted aboard USS Forrestal (CVA-59) in
October, 1963. The aircraft involved was a USMC KC-130F.
Modifications to the aircraft comprised the installation of an
improved antiskid braking system and the removal of the external
fuel tanks. A sink rate of 9 feet per second was employed, with
the first landings made with a 40-knot wind over the flight deck.
The crew included a pilot, copilot, flight engineer and a Lockheed
flight test pilot. Twenty-nine touch and goes and 21 full-stop
landings were made without the benefit of arresting gear. The
propellers were reversed while the aircraft was still a few feet
above the flight deck. These were followed by 21 unassisted
takeoffs at gross weights ranging from 85,000 to 121,000 pounds.
(To put that into perspective, the maximum takeoff weight for
the C-130E, on which the KC-130F is based, is 135,000 pounds,
with 155,000 pounds permitted in emergency wartime situations.)
www.aerospaceweb.org/question/history/q0097.shtmlHere are the videos:
www.airandspacemagazine.com/ASM/Web/Site/QT/HercOn.html
