Last Flight of the C-133 Cargomaster

[gsheff]

I had the privilege of filming the last flight of the C-133 last summer. Here is a comp of some of the footage. Love the sound of this plane!

http://vimeo.com/channels/inversionaviation

[RMAllnutt]

What a wonderful piece... thanks very much for posting!

Cheers,
Richard

[seaknight15]

Very nice VID. What a ride that would have been.

[peter]

What a terrific video!

[mtpopejoy]

Great videos.

Thanks for those.
Regards,
Mark

[HogDriver44]

Pretty exciting flight, too! The last two minutes reminded me of some of my Air Force "Dial-A-Disaster" emergency procedures simulator sessions. They get a "wing overheat" light while on final, AND tower tells them to go around because they have traffic on the runway. Bummer. What else could go wrong?

Nice to have the fire crews spraying cool water over your airplane if you've just had a wing overheat, though. Good timing.

[Pogmusic]

I hate it when you exceed the speed of heat!

[the330thbg]

Very, very cool!

Thanks!!!

[the330thbg]

Nice to have the fire crews spraying cool water over your airplane if you've just had a wing overheat, though. Good timing.

Very, FUNNY!!!!!!

[sgt hawk]

There aren't many of those left out of (I think) 50 produced. I guess the 130 gave them more bang for the buck. The 130 couldn't carry as much but could just about get into and out of anyplace. Great to see a 50 year old still flying though.

I still don't understand the "over heated wing" emergency depicted in the film? Was this a angine heat/fire light?

[MattP38]

Very neat footage! I have not heard a C-133 before. Gsheff, there is a definite B-36/Tu-95 sound to it, thanks to those big props no doubt. I'll bet the XB-35 sounded similar.

[mustangdriver]

A C-133 (not sure if it was tihs one or not) used to come into PIT alot when I was in the tower. The tower had sound proof glass, and the thing would still rumble the windows.

[BK]

I still don't understand the "over heated wing" emergency depicted in the film? Was this a angine heat/fire light?

In this video you can see a puff of smoke from the right inboard engine about 12 seconds in:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmA-oq6-rPA

[HogDriver44]

I still don't understand the "over heated wing" emergency depicted in the film? Was this a angine heat/fire light?

I suspect this was a pneumatic bleed-air duct overheat, or something similar. Such a situation can be very serious if not sorted out quickly. A duct leak can burn right through critical parts of an airplane. Hence the tension exhibited by the flight engineer.

Glad it all worked out OK.

[The Inspector]

Great video! THANX-
It is sad, poigniant, and hurtful to watch a propeller come to a stop forever isn't it?