US Air Force | Lockheed VC-140B JetStar (L-1329) | cn 5041 | 62-4197
Pima Air & Space Museum - Tucson, Arizona - 29 DEC 2014
On display at the Pima Air & Space Museum as part of "The Boneyard Project: Return Trip", where a selection of artists created works on military aircraft. This aircraft is marked "Andrew Schoultz Spy Tiger, 2012".
The C-140 is a military version of the Lockheed Model 1329 light jet transport. The prototype Jet Star was first flown on Sept. 4, 1957, only 241 days after design completion. Production began in 1960.
Although the majority of those produced were built for the civilian market, the USAF bought 16 Jet Stars as C-140As and Bs, the first of which was delivered in late 1961. Five C-140As were assigned to the Air Force Communications Command for use in evaluating military navigation aids and operations. Eleven C-140Bs were assigned to the Military Airlift Command for operational support airlift. Six of them were flown as VC-140Bs on special government and White House airlift missions by the 89th Military Airlift Wing at Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
To AMARC as CL0007 on July 13, 1987.
US Air Force | Lockheed VC-140B JetStar (L-1329) | cn 5041 | 62-4197
Pima Air & Space Museum - Tucson, Arizona - 29 DEC 2014
On display at the Pima Air & Space Museum as part of "The Boneyard Project: Return Trip", where a selection of artists created works on military aircraft. This aircraft is marked "Andrew Schoultz Spy Tiger, 2012".
The C-140 is a military version of the Lockheed Model 1329 light jet transport. The prototype Jet Star was first flown on Sept. 4, 1957, only 241 days after design completion. Production began in 1960.
Although the majority of those produced were built for the civilian market, the USAF bought 16 Jet Stars as C-140As and Bs, the first of which was delivered in late 1961. Five C-140As were assigned to the Air Force Communications Command for use in evaluating military navigation aids and operations. Eleven C-140Bs were assigned to the Military Airlift Command for operational support airlift. Six of them were flown as VC-140Bs on special government and White House airlift missions by the 89th Military Airlift Wing at Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
To AMARC as CL0007 on July 13, 1987.