The Packet: Fairchild’s Innovative But Flawed Airlifter Design
The C-82A Was a Groundbreaking Transport But In the End It Just Couldn’t Hack It When Fairchild began development of what would become their C-82 Packet to meet a 1941…
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The Carbon Comet: Lockheed’s X-55A Carbon Fiber Airlifter
Timing Was Not on the Side of This Interesting Alternative Technology Hauler On 2 June 2009 what appeared at first glance to be a standard Dornier 328JET commuter jetliner lifted…
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McDonnell Douglas Once Proposed A DC-10 For Air Force One
A C-10 Could Have Replaced The VC-137 (707) for Air Force One Air Force One is the descriptor for any aircraft carrying the President of the United States, but to…
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Air Refueling – Inherently Dangerous, Made Less So Through Training
Why Do We Do Air Refueling? Ever since flying began, the need for enhanced range of aircraft existed. In 1923, the first air refueling took place. The video above depicts…
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Commando II: The Latest Shadowy Special Ops Hercules
These MC-130Js Can Go Places and Do Things You Don’t Need to Know About The United States Air Force (USAF) has operated the Lockheed MC-130J Commando II since 2011. These…
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WATCH and LISTEN to the C-5 and That Fine TF-39 Whine
The C-5A and C-5B Galaxies Sing You the Song of Their People The Lockheed C-5A Galaxy strategic airlifter was powered by four of the most unique jet engines ever produced.…
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WATCH: C-5M Super Galaxies Quick-Turn at Prestwick
These Two Giants Get In, Disgorge, and Get Out Fast – Takeoffs You Have to See to Believe On 11 July 2018, a pair of Lockheed-Martin C-5M Super Galaxy airlifters…
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AN-22: The World’s Biggest Turboprop That Sounds Like A Buzz Saw
Cargo planes have an unmistakable sound. Seasoned avgeeks can identify a plane just by the sound it makes as its flying over head. The original C-5 was unique with it’s…
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