Lockheed C-141 Starlifter Departing LAX
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2010
- The aircraft remained in service for almost 40 years until the USAF withdrew the C-141 from service in May 2006, replacing the aircraft with the C-17 Globemaster III.
Shot by my friend Craig Pilkington (Aviation Media ©).
Edited / uploaded by me with the kind permission of Aviation Media ©
40 seconds from brake release to rotate. That aircraft was very heavy. 5000 hour instructor Flight Engineer, I know heavy takeoffs when I see them.
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Must have been flying a load of suntan lotion, Ray-Bans, and checkerboard Vans out of SoCal
Unless you're empty with only 20K of fuel. Then---she jumped.
Retired Cmsgt LM 141's 8th out of McChord. Heavy Right, plus it looked hot and muggy at LAX that doesnt help. Could've even been me on that bird. Flew in and out of LAX often enough.
There's a nice video showing C 141 engine start sequence from inside the cockpit on RUclips.
I was a crew chief on a C-141A from 1965 to mid 1968 when they first went into service at Travis AFB California. 19 years old and on the first swept wing jet transport at time. The aircraft shown in the video is a B model. A long way from the C-130A I had the pleasure of crewing at Edwards AFB when I was in flight test.
Thanks for your service and story
Weren't the A models produced in limited numbers?
I've seen one at a museum once.
Convair designed the C-141, and Lockheed built them.
One of the few USAF airplanes, along with the C130, that did what it was supposed to do and more. One of the great planes!!
I grew up near Lockheed- Dobbins. I can still, 45years later, tell you what is flying overhead by just the engine sounds. C-141,unforgettable!
I was going to mention her sound too. Unique. Such a beautiful aircraft.
@ Roger Reed I did too(Austell) Remember seeing the C-141 and hearing/seeing the C-5A more than any other.
The 141 and the C-5 both had unmistakable engine sounds, especially on takeoff.
I worked on this aircraft for four years, enjoyed it and learned a lot. You should see it when they take off one after the other, the flop around pretty good due to the turbulence!
The C-141 is kinda like the mini me to the C-5 Galaxy
Benjamin Bowling I thought that I was the only one who thought of that.
Very weird. the previous youtube search I made was for 'Benjamin bowling'. Winston and Kenneth Benjamin were two pace bowlers for the West Indian cricket team in the late 80s early 90s. BIt spooky.
Its baby brother.
Both Lockheed aircraft
@@philmontejano5971 ...even though it is five years older.
1st C5 was built after the first c-141
As a Soesterberg SB spotter, I always was very happy when a C-141 came in. Something about the sleek long lines that made it appealing.
Damn she was pretty. C141 Loadmasdter 1977-2000
Were you ever loadmaster on the A version?
How many troops could the 141b carry?
Phil Montejano The 141B could carry up to 200 troops.
@@philmontejano5971 I was on one on a MAC flight from Ramstein Air Base to Rota Spain. There were about 200 people onboard.
The only bad thing was they had a fuel leak before boarding and even though they let it air out the first 45 minutes of the flight stunk like jet fuel. Not pleasant.
@Sylver 06 Obviously your not an aviator.
They were are girls.
@Sylver 06 I'm guessing you were a ground pounding REMF of a do nothing civilian.
It's been forever since I've seen one of these take off. I've gotten to fly in one of these a few times and was even asked into the cockpit during a flight. Pretty humbling for a Finance guy to see. One of my fondest memories.
This aircraft was also the inspiration for Andromada aircraft in the game gta San Andreas, I always believed it was loosely based off of the c 17, but nope, I wish this plane still flew around these days
that is the longest c-141 i have ever seen
LOL yeah I was thinking the same. Must be the super duper stretch version.
B model!
I Saw it coming down for an air show in Akron Ohio and could not believe it could even fly my dad was a Sargent at The Time ,he said it was called a Star lifter?
@@shannonnunya2973 yeah a C-141 StarLifter
Yes it’s the C-141B version. In 1977 The Air Force contracted Lockheed to add a 23 foot 4 inch extension to the fuselage. They also incorporated in-flight refueling to extend its range. Hence, the hump above the cockpit.
I love the distinct sound of a C-141 on Takeoff. I remember them when I was stationed and Cam Ranh Bay Air Force Base in Viet Nam from 1967-1968
I was air force for 4 years, including DaNang, we have a lot of air traffic over us, yet when a military plane/helicopter I can pick it out and run outside to see it!
I spent many years on the runway with that bird,,I loved it...spent a lot of time riding in it too..
same as your opinion on music. the engines sound beautiful to my ears. grew up listening to them beside an airforce base for 18 years. now i miss them :( i will never forget sunday mornings for 18 years straight... they would do mantainece on c130s and run up their engines for about an hour straight. its just like when you get that smell of perfume when a girl walks by and it is the same perfume your ex wore.... it just reminds you of the old days and takes you back to a time and place.
I just realized why I'm glued to listening to engines,practically the TF39 - 7.83 mghz. And of course 70s nitro crackle of the hemi.😉
I use to be station at Norton AFB out in San Bernardino, CA. from 1980 to 1988. It was a base for C-141 Star Lifters. Today, The base gone and so are the C-141s. The were replaced by the C-17s. I will always remember the sound those C-141 engines made.
...the video was likely taken in the early-mid 1990s as there are still United aircraft (including 727s) in the tricolour livery and Delta L-1011s. (in 2001 United retired their last 727 [then in the "battleship" livery] and Delta retired their last L-1011)
Its amazing how fast that huge plane accelerates.
Worked (Avionics, RADAR, Radios, Eng/flt instruments, etc.) on the 141's, both A and B models, both as a G.I. and also a civilian, at McGuire AFB, N.J. The A models had a superb Analogue Central Air Data Computer (2ea CADC's). Internally, in the CADC's, it was amazing to see how smooth, precise, and friction free the shafts of the Synchros rotated; was an amazing mechanical device; they were replaced by a fully digital CADC. Finally succumbed to airframe cracks from pressurizations. N-6395T
Now if the C2 compass heading readout had servo bearings that were worth a crap....
That C-141 took quite a bit of runway to take off. I know that they can take off in less runway than that since I was stationed at Norton AFB where we had a group of C-141's stationed there.
I loved jumping out of The C 141’s when I was with The 82d Airborne in The 80’s.
I grew up near Wright Patt AFB in the 1980s when these things were still flying in and out of there all the time. C-5s, C-141s and F-4 Phantoms flying over my house all day long lol. I used to particularly love the Phantoms. Very beastly sound and 2 black smoke trails behind each one as they went over. I miss thise days!
I wish we had some better quality video recordings of a C-141 Starlifter taking off and flying overhead.
I really miss my C-141s (sigh).
After High School graduation, I went to aircraft school in manufacturing, then after completing courses, I went to work at AVCO Aerospace in Nashville, TN building the C-141 wing sections for shipment to Lockheed for completion of the aircraft. I am 74 years old now and have wished a thousand times I had stayed at AVCO through retirement.
My friend came home from war on the skylifter
I took many a military hop on C-141s when I was in the Marines. Got really cold in the cargo/passenger hold but it was for free!
Incredibly it was awesome.
While at Ft.Dix I could hear them taking off from McGuire AFB. Sometimes a big flight of them. They were loud as hell.
Beautiful plane - saw one once in NZ
I enjoyed watching the 141's doing touch-and-go at McGuire AFB.
I caught the very end of the era of the C-141 and had a chance in jump school to jump out of one on two jumps, the other 3 jumps were out of a C-130
The C-141 never owed the government a dime. Great airframe.
I know you John Floods! 8mas,McChord.
Great plane, spent many years traveling as a duty Passenger and, Space-A. Supported these also in my primary specialty, nuclear weapons security. Hail 6 MAS Bully Beef Express.
My dad served on one of these as a flight engineer
was a flight Engineer on 141s out of norton AFB and this was an amazing acft. it used the same pratt whitney TF33 engines as alot of commercial acft. no more noisey than any other acft from that time. Very dependable and great performance. while charleston was worried about his hearing We were serving our country.
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Tim Davis I am fine and how are you doing??
I flew from Elmendorf AFB AK Nov 1970 to the air force base in Seattle, (21 years old on my way to Nam) we had top secret security clearances and were banned from flying commercial due to all the hi-jackings, they had the seat in backwards, also flew on a C-130 from DaNang to Tan Son Nhut in april 1971, both are classic air force rides, C-130 os still going!
I truly miss running the engines on the starlifter modals a and b. B Phillips ex air force
Lolololololol the part where the plane goes faster, reminds me of CJ chasing it on a motorbike 🤣🤣🤣 Torenos Mission these days
stowaway mission in sa
Stowaway mission behind the scene....
That’s nuts. I didn’t know military aircraft used commercial airports except for like emergency landing situations. I live like half a mile from an Air Force base...so many C-135s around. So many.
Anyone remember these planes at Ohakea, New Zealand.
We used to look at these planes in awe..
Australia..
What a beast. Damn that air looks thick.
LAX is right on the beach... it can get real foggy there, especially on cool mornings.
As we used to say in SoCal back in the '70s and '80s, never trust air you can't see!
But seriously, tourists who come to SoCal in the summer are surprised how cloudy and chilly it can be along the coast in spring and early summer, and how cold the water is, due to the current that brings it down the coast from up north. It's known as the May Gray and the June Gloom, aka the marine layer. Warmer air over cold water forms fog and gloomy clouds right along the coast which sometimes burns off by midday, and sometimes not. Meanwhile, west of the 405 it's usually sunny all day.
My dad used to fly these beasts! I have some avionics from his aircraft
Flew on one from Rhein Main to Andrews..... that was the longest flight I ever took.....omg!!
Many jumps outta that beast !! 82nd 3/325
Too cool
One of my favorite screams
I remember the "A" models/gray and white (born in Charleston Naval Hospital '68) and when they were being "stretched" to the B models. They did have a cool sound. Looks "far away from home" here...lol
That bad boy looks like a
little bit like the c-17!😮
I was on one of those "puppies"; no first class ice cream sundaes here.., but even though we sat on nylon straps suspended on aluminum poles, its was still one HELL of a lot more comfortable than a C-130...
Great old air lifters !!!
Look close enough and you can see CJ chasing it on a motorbike
Football field Length! I miss you GALAXY!
It sounds so nice when these four engines are spooling up! I miss the old jets that sounded like jets, not like asthmatic hairdryers that the new stuff sounds like.
What a Classic!! Sounds like the 707 on takeoff!
Some of the 707's used basically the same engine just a little less umph.
@@shawngleason1345 A big difference in the P-7's used on the 141 vs other variants of the JT3D/TF33 family was that the P-7's had bifurcated ducting in the main cowlings that sent the bypass air around the engine and dumped it into the exhaust section. Most low and high bypass fans dump the bypass air overboard just aft of the compressor. Apparently the P-7's
ducted main cowlings helped give it that little bit of extra thrust it had over its JT3D/TF33 siblings.
The c141 i spent my 20s and 30s maintaining. I can best describe as the 1965 chevy pick up truck of aircraft. Simple rugged and dirty. I just hated the wing bleed air overheats or replacing wing anti ice valves......or the t-tail anti ice leading edges. other than that it was a great aircraft and if an airplane can be a friend it was mine. aircraft 259 my favorite.
Did it have blow in doors on the engines like 707s did?
@@philmontejano5971 Yes, aka auxiliary air inlet doors, or sucker doors
c-141 crew chief 1999-2004 and still that plane looks super long
The C-141 is a young C-5 Galaxy.
It's the other way around. The 141 is actually a generation older than the C-5. The Galaxy is the younger brother of the Starlifter but with a glandular condition. Both were designed and built by Lockheed, but the high wing, low fuselage, T-Tail configuration is common among airlifters from all over the world from the 1960s onward. Check out all of the Soviet airlifters with the same configuration, such as the IL-76 (aka the Soviet C-141). The 141 was designed to be the workhorse strategic airlifter, whereas the C-5 was needed to fill the outsized cargo airlift niche.
We are glad they have been replaced. They were louder than anything you could imagine. Their high pitched whine was painful as they flew overhead.
Sgt USAF 437th CEMS. I lived on Dorchester Rd., just off the end of runway 03, I came to enjoy the sound of the 141's coming in. I knew where they'd been and where they would go again. I was happy to see them home, even if for just a while.
@@kn4cc755 I'd be out hanging up clothes and they'd come over wheels down. I'd already have my fingers in my ears plugging them before they went over. The C-17s whisper compared to the 141s.
@@Ncharlestun Lots of us AF types can't hear much today because of those bad boys. The AF really pushed the use of the MM ear protectors and plugs but their effectiveness was lacking. Now the new generation of engines are much more efficient and quieter too. But the 141's harsh howl is still a siren's call to me.
Nonsense. Yes, 141s were louder than some jets, but not nearly as loud as others. If you thought 141s were "painful", water injected J57 engined 135s or B-52s, or even TF39 equipped C-5s, would have had you curled up in a fetal position. And let's not even talk about aircraft with afterburners such as fighters or, even better, multiple afterburners like F-15s or B-1s.
@@kqr573v2 Thank you for your comment. For us living near the Charleston AFB they were painful unless you plugged your ears for 20 seconds.
Quite the contrary here. I miss the sweet song of the TF33s. If it's too much for you, well, that's what they made earplugs for.
i miss that sound too i remember triming the engines with that t handle looking allen wrench. fun times
Looks like a standard aspect ratio video was formatted as a widescreen aspect ratio....hence the stretched appearance of the aircraft.
No, this is the C-141B Starlifter. It was stretched by 23 Feet.
when was this filmed? im seeing DC-10 and L1011 in the background
might have been the late 80s. I can tell the old airline logos too.
los angeles
Probably in 1990 or 1991. The United Airlines Boeing 747-400 in the 1977 Saul Bass livery, replaced in 1993 by the grey "Battleship" livery, gives it away. Also, the 747-400 first entered service with the now-defunct Northwest Airlines in February 1989. United got their copies later that year.
Old 47's and a 727 too
This is the sound of jet aircraft, not a hoover with a full dust bag.
It's weird seeing a 141, or any military aircraft for that matter, flying out of La La Land.
I always thought the B model was a graceful looking aircraft, more balanced in its proportions than the A model, and the camo wrap was my favorite 141 paint job. As for the noise, those bifurcated TF33s had a distinctive sound, almost a buzz at high EPRs. They weren't loud at all compared to contemporary aircraft, and were nowhere nearly as ear-bleedingly loud on takeoff as a C-5 with TF-39s, KC-135s or B-52s with J57s, or any afterburning fighters (all of which were also music to my ears). Of course it's unfair to compare them to newer high bypass big fans on a noise scale.
I crewed KC-135As, B-52Ds, C-141A/Bs, and A-7Ds.
Thanks for your service, fellow MAC vet! I always loved the Starlifter, but, (sorry!), the 'A' model was always my baby! I wasn't crew, just MASS support, & unfortunately for me, got to actually FLY on her only once :( Pax status. I envy your crew status/flight time on this awesome, great bird!
Really? I always liked the old white MAC livery. Maybe it's just because the first C-41 I got to see up close was the Hanoi Taxi.
BUENA EXPERIENCIA.
Saw one at an airshow she is big a city within
More than likely a Presidential support aircraft. This was probably filmed during Reagan's term. When he was at the Santa Barbara ranch. White House staff worked out of the Federal Building on Wilshire Blvd. and the 405 Freeway. Spent many hours there with Jim Kuhn, Reagan's advance man who was responsible for getting office facilities up and running. C-141 probably had the limosine and the support staff on board.
I was stationed at March AFB on B-52s during Reagan's first term. We used to host the E-4 on standby every time the Reagans came out to Santa Barbara. We weren't the closest air base to SB but we were the closest SAC base, and for some reason the powers-that-be decided that was the best place to park the E-4. When it landed and taxied to its spot we knew the boss must be on his way to SB, and it sat there for however many days until he left. When they lit the fires and flew away we knew RR's vacation was over.
Prior to that time I had been on 141's at McGuire during Carter's term and we occasionally drew short straw for presidential support missions. They were a bit of a PITA.
The companion video to this one shows the 141's arrival at LAX, and it says it was Feb of '90, two years after Reagan was out of office. However, according to the Internet, Bush 41 was in LA and Palm Springs on March 1 - 4 of '90, so it likely had something to do with that visit.
It sounds almost like a hairdryer during spool up! 😂
This plane looks like the revamped version of a c5 a galaxy
I like how the fact this plane comes earlier before C-5 was a thing, also both plane is from Lockheed
Take a surplus C-141, remove the wings and convert the fuselage into a one of a kind mansion.
Crew chief at Travis 68-0032!
They had F-111's at Travis?
Fun fact! The c-130 is big, really big.. This is an even bigger, franky enormous airplane, but!
A 747 is 20 meters longer, 16 meters wider and can lift 241 metrictones more on take off.. 🙃
Bro it's C-141
Never liked them in the OD camo. Always preferred the grey white. Also liked the A over the B. The B looked too long.
so that was up in the sky the last wensday?
I doubt it. They are all at DM in Tucson and have been fir several years. You might have seen a C5.
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damn thats no C-17 for take offs!!
What is that
is this the Persian gulf or Iraqi freedom footage
T-Tailed Mountain Magnet
sadly they retired that plane
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Andromeda, GTA SA
Andromada
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haha long boy
ocupaba mucha pista es mejor el C-17.
This is replaced
United BAE 146, 727, DC10, it's all crap now....
Agreed, but aren't you glad you lived then and witnessed it.
I am glad I was able to fly the great airlines when service mattered. Even PSA had wonderful service, pretty stewardesses and low fares! Those days are gone. Too many twinjets now. .boring
Damn! Look at that beautiful ugly plane!
I am thrilled that the C 141 Starlifter is gone and I am sure many others agree with me. When one flew over you would have to plug your ears or go deaf for half an hour. The C-17 is much more tolerable. My favorite plane is the C-130. Goodbye and good riddance C-141s and I pray they stay in the desert baking in the Arizona scrap heap.
The Air Force is planning to re-use them as they need more cargo planes that are flight-ready
I lived on Charleston AFB '74-'79. Dad was a navigator on them. They weren't quite that deafining. It was great to watch on Aviation blvd them do touch and go in groups. The only thing I ever found loud was when they cleaned the engines, esp at night. I miss them and hope they do bring them back.
@@reconx86 They all got scrapped, none of the C-141s are exhausting. Only couple in museums.
How could you be so mean. It's not it's fault it was born poor thing
North Charleston get off my lawn!