tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post3464748128817774296..comments2024-03-29T06:09:48.207-07:00Comments on daily timewaster: All the better to smell you with...c w swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02735507642689652780noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-68021795421318751482019-05-22T15:03:25.766-07:002019-05-22T15:03:25.766-07:00unit i was attached to in homestead had c124 and t...unit i was attached to in homestead had c124 and transitioned to ec121 AEWC in the '70. plan was to boneyard the connies but then the e3a's fell on their face for a few years and sent us to south florida just in case. <br />the reserves at homestead had many bad stories about shakey. do not like douglas product.capt fasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14374459887067010071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-58626455088114984272019-05-22T07:23:26.740-07:002019-05-22T07:23:26.740-07:00The ORIGINAL "Globemaster" was the C-74,...The ORIGINAL "Globemaster" was the C-74, of which only fourteen (14) were built.John Robert Mallernee, KB3KWS, in Vernal, Utahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03663667887010646435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-10004814695053207442019-05-22T07:18:54.487-07:002019-05-22T07:18:54.487-07:00OOPS again!
I just found out I was WRONG!
The C-...OOPS again!<br /><br />I just found out I was WRONG!<br /><br />The C-124 was the "Globemaster II"!<br /><br />The C-17 is the "Globemaster III".<br /><br />So, what was the ORIGINAL "Globemaster"?John Robert Mallernee, KB3KWS, in Vernal, Utahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03663667887010646435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-32309593830024443852019-05-22T07:14:03.691-07:002019-05-22T07:14:03.691-07:00OOPS!
The "Globemaster II" is the curre...OOPS!<br /><br />The "Globemaster II" is the current C-17 military cargo jet.<br /><br />The C-124 was the original "Globemaster".<br /><br />Crews of the C-124 "Globemaster" referred to it as, "Old Shaky".<br /><br />As a soldier in the United States Army, I was fortunate enough to be able to fly in one as a "Military Hop" passenger, on one of the last flights of the soon-to-be-retired, near-obsolete C-124 "Globemaster", hauling two (02) UH-1 "Iroquois" helicopters from McChord Air Force Base, Washington, to Gray Army Air Field, Texas, and terminating at Kelly Air Force Base, Texas.<br /><br />The worst American military aircraft disaster in history was of a C-124 "Globemaster", loaded with troops returning home from the war in Korea, which crashed on take-off at Yokota Air Force Base in Japan, exploding into flames and killing everyone on board.John Robert Mallernee, KB3KWS, in Vernal, Utahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03663667887010646435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-39305341490312671062019-05-22T06:47:15.717-07:002019-05-22T06:47:15.717-07:00The "Aluminum Overcast"The "Aluminum Overcast" Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17652622247653571761noreply@blogger.com