The C-130 sports a crew of five: two pilots, navigator, flight engineer and loadmaster. Four sets of controls for each Allison T56-A-15 turboprop developing 4,590 hp per. (Power plants updated from the original C-130A Allison T56-A-9 turboprops with three-blade propellers.) From the cockpit window you can see the Boeing KC-135 'Stratotanker' across the tarmac.