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Wow, that's a pretty short window for raising the money for the fuel to bring it to Califonia.

Please keep us posted on the progress with this and let us know when there is a pretty definite date for the flight and the arrival in California.

Sorry to hear the C-133 will fly no more, but I can understand it with the complexity and costs associated with this airplane.

Bear in mind that Labor Day is Sept. 1st, and that the Travis show is scheduled for August 30th-31st.
Paul

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Paul in CA

awww crap! Sad to hear she will fly no more soon. It was always nice knowing a C-133 was still being operated. My favorite cargo plane of all time very sad....but glad she is going to a good home that will hopefully take care of her. Glad to hear the other hulks will be saved.

-Nate

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Thanks for posting the news, Sasnak. It's good to hear she is going to a nice home. That C-133 is another neat cold warrior that I'm glad to see preserved.

While it was definitely a "Cold War Veteran," it was probably more than just that, as I believe it flew cargo into South Vietnam during the mid to late sixties and possibly into the early seventies. Maybe someone else can verify this.

it's great that the aircraft has been donated to the Museum.
A very good home for it.
I hope the powers that be would let a C-133-C-17 Heritage Flight happen before the Cargomaster is silenced forever.
Great publicity photos!
Wish I could be there!
Jerry

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You are correct. The NMUSAF C-133 flew cargo well into Vietnam Era.

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Manager

I certainly didn't mean to slight the contribution the '133 and her crews made to operations in S.E. Asia, just acknowledging her original purpose--hauling ICBMs.

I didn't take it that way at all.

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Manager

Back in my active days, I was stationed at the 'dorf. I would go over to Kulis and talk with the guard guys and see the 133 sitting out on the international side. I allways thought it was non-flyable. Man am i glad i was wrong. I am really glad to hear that it will fly one more time. What an awesome machine. It allways stuck me as a
product of a late night fling between a C-130 and C-141.

Herkeng

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Back in my active days, I was stationed at the 'dorf. I would go over to Kulis and talk with the guard guys and see the 133 sitting out on the international side. I allways thought it was non-flyable. Man am i glad i was wrong. I am really glad to hear that it will fly one more time. What an awesome machine. It allways stuck me as a
product of a late night fling between a C-130 and C-141.

Herkeng

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One used to come in to KPIT about 6 years ago. What a sound that thing made.

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Manager

I didn't take it that way either.

I know this probably cannot happen, but wouldn't it be great (before leaving Alaska) if they could paint it in colors like it had in the 1959 - 1962 era (silver with white top, orange day-glo and MATS markings). Wouldn't that be a sight flying into Travis AFB!

(I know they may possibly be thinking about finishing it in colors like that after the final flight and before its museum display...)

It's been a long time since I've seen a photo of this bird.
Anybody out there have a photo of this C-133 so that we could all see it posted on WIX?
Thanks.
Jerry

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