Warbird Information Exchange

A retired father stands and watches, saying, "Well done, son".




Walt

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If God had intended airplane engines to have horizontally-opposed cylinders, Pratt & Whitney would have built them that way.

And the legend continues. Onward goes the latest generation.

I like it. We kind of had a similar situation at the CoC show in Stratford. We had a Rhode Island ANG C-130 come in for the show along with the "Spirit of Freedom" C-54. So a little bit of the old and less old.

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Keep Em' Flying,
Christopher Soltis
Dedicated to the preservation and education of The Sikorsky Memorial Airport

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Chicks Dig Warbirds.......right?

We had a similar situation here in Charleston at the AFB airshow in 2008, I believe. We had the C-54 "Spirit of Freedom" parked next to the C-17, which was named "Spirit of the Berlin Airlift", I think.

Walt

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If God had intended airplane engines to have horizontally-opposed cylinders, Pratt & Whitney would have built them that way.

Ok that may be just a bit cooler.

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Keep Em' Flying,
Christopher Soltis
Dedicated to the preservation and education of The Sikorsky Memorial Airport

CASC Blog Page: http://ctair-space.blogspot.com/
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Chicks Dig Warbirds.......right?

That's a heck of a great picture!!! Almost looks like 'pop' saw something judging by the line of his jaw, and 'sonnyboy' is gonna get an earfull
All you 'MOOSE' guys should post this photo in your ready rooms

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Don't make me go get my flying monkeys-

Cool photo!

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David
1953 M38A1 jeep owner
& Student Pilot soloed 09/09/06
USAF 1984-1986

Great shot, Walt!
When was the last flight of a C-124? And were any on the civil register?

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

After months of hard work by Air Force, Air Force Reserve and Museum Volunteers, C-124C 52-0994 completed a nonstop flight from Selfridge ANGB to its final destination at McChord AFB on October 9 1986. The delivery of -0994 to the McChord Air Museum was the last flight ever of a C-124 Globemaster II.

As far as I know there were never any C-124's on the civil register.

I have been trying for quite a while to get a "father-son" shot of the two Globemasters. Several times there were C-5B's parked on the concrete pad you see at the right of the photo, but never a C-17. I tried to get one from across the field with a telephoto lens, but the lighting conditions, haze, and the ever-present security police foiled my every attempt.

Walt

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If God had intended airplane engines to have horizontally-opposed cylinders, Pratt & Whitney would have built them that way.

What a cool shot, thanks for posting.

Gary

We were parked nose to nose with the C-17 "Spirit of Berlin" during the dedication ceremony on May 12, 1998 at Tempelhof Airport, Berlin. German Chancellor Kohl, President Clinton, USAFE General John Jumper, Berlin Mayor Enerhard Diepgen,Berlin Candy Bomber Gail Halvorsen and German Candy Recipient Mercedes Wilde officialy dedicated the airplane on the 49th Anniversary of the end of the blockade.

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Later, we arranged a formation flight over Ramstein with both the "Spirit of Freedom" and the "Spirit of Berlin"



Photo by USAF TSGT Molly Freng from the back of a C-130.

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Kevin Kearney
Vice President
Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation


C-54D "Spirit of Freedom" 43-17228
C-97 "Angel of Deliverance" 52-2718 (painted as YC-97A 45-59595)
C-54E/R5D-4 "Spirit of Freedom" 44-9144 BuNo 90414 (wfu April/2020)
http://www.spiritoffreedom.org

My shirt was one of the loadmaster's on the C-17. If yall are interested in doing one of those formation flights again, let me know. I can probably arrange it!

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Brad

Yes, I did see a civil registed C-124 circa 1985 sitting at Las Vegas McCarren Airport. It had been painted O/A white with a very wide blue stripe down the length of the fuselage. Actually looked pretty sharpe.

Can any of or Nevada WIX'ers add anything???

It was scrapped several years ago.

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Brad