LOCKHEED C-141B STARLIFTER at Air Mobility Command Museum | Dover Air Force Base, Delaware
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- Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024
- The Air Mobility Command Museum's C-141B Starlifter, serial number 64-0626, was the very last C-141 stationed here at Dover AFB, retiring in February 1996.
This walk around takes you inside the C-141.
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After leaving Dover AFB it was transferred to McGuire AFB, New Jersey.
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A crack in the main landing gear trunnion was discovered when it passed through Dover AFB on a mission and it was retired in place and transferred to the museum.
The C-141 proved to “bulk out” before it “massed out”, meaning that it often had additional lift capacity that went wasted because the cargo hold was too full.
To correct the perceived deficiencies of the original model and utilize the C-141 to the fullest of its capabilities, the entire fleet of 270 in-service C-141As were stretched, adding needed payload volume.
These modified aircraft were designated C-141B. Additional fuselage “plug” sections were added before and after the wings, lengthening the fuselage by 23 ft 4 in (7.11 m) and allowing the carriage of 103 litters for wounded, 13 standard pallets, 205 troops, 168 paratroopers, or an equivalent increase in other loads.
Also added at this time was a boom receptacle for inflight refueling. The conversion program took place between 1977 and 1982, with first delivery taking place in December 1979.
It was estimated that this stretching program was the equivalent of buying 90 new aircraft, in terms of increased capacity.
Introduced to replace slower piston-engined cargo planes such as the C-124 Globemaster II, the C-141 was designed to requirements set in 1960 and first flew in 1963.
Production deliveries of an eventual 285 planes began in 1965: 284 for the Air Force, and one for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for use as an airborne observatory.
The aircraft remained in service for almost 40 years until the USAF withdrew the C-141 from service on 5 May 2006, replacing the aircraft with the C-17 Globemaster III.
Assignment History:
*30 Aug 1965 to 1501st Air Transport Wing (MATS), Travis AFB, CA
*10 Jan 1966 to 60th Military Airlift Wing (MATS), Travis AFB, CA
*2 Jun 1966 to 436th Military Airlift Wing (MATS), Dover AFB, DE
*19 Aug 1973 to 438th Military Airlift Wing (MAC), McGuire AFB, NJ
*14 Oct 1981 to 438th Military Airlift Wing (MAC), McGuire AFB, NJ
*21 Apr 1989 to 437th Military Airlift Wing (MAC), Charleston AFB, SC
*26 Apr 1989 to 438th Military Airlift Wing (MAC), McGuire AFB, NJ
*1995 to 305th Air Mobility Wing (MAC), McGuire AFB, NJ
*1996 38,038.8 airframe hours
SPECIFICATIONS
*CREW: Two pilots, two flight engineers, one navigator, one loadmaster; five medical crew on medevac missions
*PAYLOAD: 70,697 lbs
*LENGTH: 168 ft 3 in
*WINGSPAN: 159 ft 11 in
*HEIGHT: 39 ft 3 in
*EMPTY WEIGHT: 114,492 lbs
*LOADED WEIGHT: 342,100 lbs
*POWERPLANT: 4x Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-7 turbofans
*MAXIMUM SPEED: 567 mph
*CRUISE SPEED: 495 mph
*RANGE: 2,935 mi
*SERVICE CEILING: 41,000 ft
(Video by Dan’s Cool Videos)
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Growing up around Ft Bragg , I got to see many of these wonderful machines flying around. Thank you for the wonderful video.
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If I remember correctly that was a Charleston bird That I worked on quite frequently
that's awesome! Glad you connect you with your C-141.
I flew in these a few times in my AF career. I was even asked to come up to the cockpit while it was flying. That was quite a thrill for an enlisted guy. This was the work horse cargo aircraft for many decades.
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I was a C-141B Flight Engineer stationed at McChord AFB, Washington from 1982 to 1985. I met my wife while flying, been married 35 years now and have two grown sons -- the C-141 changed my life.
Many times we flew C-141s from other Bases, like Dover. I believe that I was on this very one, 64-0626.
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Fun fact: the museum has two of these aircraft; the C-141B in this video and a C-141A
just visited March AFB's static display and was impressed by the shear size of the C-141.. what a beautiful plane.
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So cool to be back inside one of these again. Thank you for sharing!
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Big ass bird
Takes a while to walk around