Big

The Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, nicknamed "Old Shaky", is an American heavy-lift cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, California.

 

The C-124 was the primary heavy-lift transport for United States Air Force (USAF) Military Air Transport Service (MATS) during the 1950s and early 1960s, until the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter entered service. It served in MATS, later Military Airlift Command (MAC), units of the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard until retired in 1974.

 

Hill Air Force Base, Utah

 

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

Crew: 6 or 7: Aircraft Commander, Pilot, Navigator, Flight Engineer, Radio Operator, 2 Loadmasters

Capacity: 200 troops / 123 litter patients with 45 ambulatory patients and 15 medical staff. Maximum payload 74,000 lb (34,000 kg)

Length: 130 ft 5 in (39.75 m)

Wingspan: 174 ft 1.5 in (53.073 m)

Height: 48 ft 3.5 in (14.719 m)

Wing area: 2,506 sq ft (232.8 m2)

Empty weight: 101,165 lb (45,888 kg)

Gross weight: 185,000 lb (83,915 kg)

Max takeoff weight: 194,500 lb (88,224 kg)

Fuel capacity: 11,128 US gal (42,120 L; 9,266 imp gal) ; 2x 30 US gal (110 L; 25 imp gal) water/alcohol tanks

Powerplant: 4 × Pratt & Whitney R-4360-63A Wasp Major 28-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 3,800 hp (2,800 kW) each with water/alcohol injection

Propellers: 3-bladed Curtiss Model C634S-C402, 16 ft 6 in (5.03 m) diameter fully-feathering reversible-pitch constant-speed propeller

--- Data from McDonnell Douglas aircraft since 1920 : Volume I

Done