C-124 panoramic photo

Orionblamblam · 11-03-2009, 01:06 PM

The Douglas C-124 on display at the Hill Aerospace Museum at Hill AFB in Utah.

This is again pretty dinkysized, but a far bigger version is here:
http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=4178

Ancient it may be, but it's still damned impressive. Looks like a plane on a mission.

Mastermind · 11-03-2009, 03:52 PM

Transport version of the B-29...and that radome on the nose really made them look stupid. When I was a kid, my step dad was a CMS at McClellan AFB (MATS), radio operator...and he would take me out to the flight line occasionally...I got to climb around in these things now and then (with his strict guidance, of course)...the Super-G Connies too...I thought these things were gigantic...and to see them fly was really something...their engines rattled every window in my school daily. Huge blue flames along the engine nacelles flicking out of the exhausts...and props banging the air viciously....but, for the time, they were the state of the art (1956-1959)

Orionblamblam · 11-03-2009, 10:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mastermind

Transport version of the B-29...

Errr.... no. The DOUGLAS C-124 Globemaster II was a derivative of the Douglas C-74 Globemaster, which was itself derived from the Douglas DC-4.

The Boeing B-29 was turned into the C-97 Stratofreighter.

Mastermind · 11-04-2009, 12:18 PM

Yer right...my bad

11-03-2009, 01:06 PM	#1
Orionblamblam Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Utah Posts: 15	C-124 panoramic photo The Douglas C-124 on display at the Hill Aerospace Museum at Hill AFB in Utah. This is again pretty dinkysized, but a far bigger version is here: http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=4178 Ancient it may be, but it's still damned impressive. Looks like a plane on a mission.

11-03-2009, 03:52 PM	#2
Mastermind Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Nevada USA Posts: 4,881	Transport version of the B-29...and that radome on the nose really made them look stupid. When I was a kid, my step dad was a CMS at McClellan AFB (MATS), radio operator...and he would take me out to the flight line occasionally...I got to climb around in these things now and then (with his strict guidance, of course)...the Super-G Connies too...I thought these things were gigantic...and to see them fly was really something...their engines rattled every window in my school daily. Huge blue flames along the engine nacelles flicking out of the exhausts...and props banging the air viciously....but, for the time, they were the state of the art (1956-1959)

11-04-2009, 12:18 PM	#4
Mastermind Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Nevada USA Posts: 4,881	Yer right...my bad