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This Lodestar was formerly at the Museum of Aviation, Warner Robbins AFB; it was brought to the Air Mobility Command Museum inside a C-5 Galaxy.
General Electric TF39 high-bypass turbofan engines
Lockheed C-5A Galaxy 69-0014.
The TF39 introduced remarkable new design features and performance when it was developed in the 1960s.
General Electric TF39 (Wikipedia):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Electric_TF39
Air Mobility Command Museum C-5A web page:
amcmuseum.org/at-the-museum/aircraft/c-5a-galaxy/
Air Mobility Command Museum
Dover Air Force Base, Delaware
Museum web site:
Lockheed C-5 Galaxy (Wikipedia):
Infra-red seeker, mounted forward of the windscreen on Convair F-106A s/n 59-0023. Photographed at the Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, Delaware.
The F-106 was equipped with an early version of what is now referred to as infra-red search and track (IRST).
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Infra-red Search and Track (Wikipedia):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infra-red_search_and_track
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Air Mobility Command Museum F-106A page:
amcmuseum.org/at-the-museum/aircraft/f-106a-delta-dart/
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Air Mobility Command Museum
Dover Air Force Base, Delaware
Museum web site:
C-5A 69-0014: One of the right side main landing gear trucks. The C-5 landing gear employs a total of 28 wheels.
A video showing how the C-5's main landing gear works can be found on David Cenciotti's web site, The Aviationist. See:
theaviationist.com/2013/12/17/c-5-main-landing-gear-video/
Air Mobility Command Museum C-5A web page:
amcmuseum.org/at-the-museum/aircraft/c-5a-galaxy/
Air Mobility Command Museum
Dover Air Force Base, Delaware
Museum web site:
Lockheed C-5 Galaxy (Wikipedia):
The Lockheed built C-141 Starlifter was introduced into service in 1965 as the U.S. Air Force strategic airlift plane. Between 1977 and 1982, all in-service C-141s were stretched to increase lift capacity, becoming C-141Bs. The C-141B went out of service in 2006.
The aircraft in the photograph was ordered in 1964 and delivered to the Air Force in 1965. The aircraft was retired from service in 1996. In 2015, the aircraft was on display at Dover Air Force Base's Air Mobility Command Museum.
D-Day Paratrooper George Shenkle with re-enactors
Air Mobility Command Museum
Dover, DE
April 2015
More info about Mr. Shenkle's special event:
A nice display for those who are curious to know what's inside one of those huge powerplants. The mighty engine powered the Boeing B-377 Stratocruiser, C-97 Stratofreighter, and B-50 bomber (an uprated derivative of the B-29).
The biplane was built in the former Soviet Union to carry military cargo and personal to remote locations with short landing strips. The AN-2 was first flown in 1947. Although no longer in military service many AN-2 are still flying. In 2019, the aircraft was slated to leave the Museum.
Parts from a C-141 are being reassembled to show what the cockpit of this mighty freighter looked like. It also gives one an idea of the size of the plane. I do not know the identity of the erstwhile aircraft.
This is the elegant but not opulent cabin of this presidential aircraft. This airplane has flown many elegant first ladies.
First Lockheed C-141 Starlifter built, 61-2775 "First Of The Fleet" at the Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, Delaware in August 2017.
Display of "tail flashes" applied to C-5 Galaxy aircraft to denote the bases from which they have operated.
Air Mobility Command Museum C-5A web page:
amcmuseum.org/at-the-museum/aircraft/c-5a-galaxy/
Air Mobility Command Museum
Dover Air Force Base, Delaware
Museum web site:
Lockheed C-5 Galaxy (Wikipedia):
This aircraft served many strange uses before being retired in 1957 to the Air Force Museum, which donated the aircraft to the Air Mobility Command Museum in exchange for the flyable "Shoo-Shoo Baby." The museum spent seven years restoring this beauty, repainting it to represent "Sleepy Time Gal" of the 381st Bomb Group. She is one of only 40 B-17s in a museum.
The VC-9C, a variant of the C-9, was an executive transport aircraft. Both the VC-9C and C-9 were manufactured by McDonnell Douglas and are the military version of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 that was widely used in commercial aviation.
The VC-9C in the photograph was ordered in 1973 and delivered to the U. S. Air Force in 1975. The aircraft in the photograph transported America’s top government officials from 1975 until 2011. Much of that time it served as Air Force Two for Vice Presidents. The aircraft also transported America’s First Ladies. On the occasions when the President needed to fly into smaller airports the aircraft served as Air Force One. The aircraft was retired from service in 2011.
The C-141 Starlifter manufactured by Lockheed was Introduced to U. S. Air Force units to replace slower piston-engine cargo planes such as the C-124 Globemaster II. The C-141 Starlifter flew in service from the late 1960s to into the early 2000s.
The aircraft in the photograph, ordered in 1961, was the first production C-141A Starlifters built and had its maiden flight in late 1963. This C-141A Starlifter spent its career as a test aircraft. (Source: Air Mobility Command Museum web site)
General Electric TF39 high-bypass turbofan engine
Lockheed C-5A Galaxy 69-0014.
The TF39 introduced remarkable new design features and performance when it was developed in the 1960s.
General Electric TF39 (Wikipedia):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Electric_TF39
Air Mobility Command Museum C-5A web page:
amcmuseum.org/at-the-museum/aircraft/c-5a-galaxy/
Air Mobility Command Museum
Dover Air Force Base, Delaware
Museum web site:
Lockheed C-5 Galaxy (Wikipedia):
Firefighters with the 436th Civil Engineer Squadron extinguish a staged vehicle blaze during a major accident response exercise at Dover Air Force Base, Del, April 19, 2012. The MARE tested the participants’ ability to respond to real-world incidents on base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)
Air Mobility Command Museum
Dover DE
The C-119 Flying Boxcar, developed from the Fairchild C-82 Packet, was a twin-engine, twin-boom, twin-tail transport designed to carry cargo, personnel, litter patients, and mechanized equipment, and to drop cargo and troops by parachute (utilizing its “clamshell” cargo doors at the rear of the cabin).
The first C-119 made its maiden flight in November 1947 and by the time production ceased in 1955, more than 1,150 C-119s had been built. The USAF used the airplane extensively during the Korean Conflict as a transport. In South Vietnam, the airplane once again entered combat, this time in the ground support role as the AC-119G “Shadow” and AC-119K “Stinger” gunships mounting side-firing weapons capable of unleashing up to 6,000 rounds per minute per gun. When acting as a transport, the C-119 could carry up to 62 fully equipped troops or a 30,000 pound cargo load. Perhaps the Boxcar’s most notable feat happened when it made the world’s first mid-air recovery of a capsule returning from outer space. This occurred southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii on 19 August 1960 when it snagged the chute attached to the Discovery XIV satellite at an altitude of 8,000 feet.
The youngest visitors to the Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover Delaware, can take to the skies in this very clever and creative scaled-down North American AT-6 Texan
Douglas C-124A Globemaster 49-0258 at the Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, Delaware in August 2017.
Lockheed C-5A Galaxy, 69-0014, c/n 500-0045
According to Joe Baugher's serial number database, this Galaxy was delivered to the USAF in 1971 and it made its l last flight in 2013.*
In 1974, this C-5A successfully air-dropped and launched an LGM-30 Minuteman ICBM in the Air Mobile Feasibility Demonstration. However, such deployment of Minuteman missiles from airlifters was never adopted.
This insignia is on the left side of the forward fuselage, just aft of the boarding door.
A 15-minute documentary about the test is available here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b8LLcdBaQc
Air Mobility Command Museum C-5A web page:
amcmuseum.org/at-the-museum/aircraft/c-5a-galaxy/
Air Mobility Command Museum
Dover Air Force Base, Delaware
Museum web site:
Lockheed C-5 Galaxy (Wikipedia):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_C-5_Galaxy
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The starboard side of this aircraft reveals one of the Pratt & Whitney R-1830 radials. In 2009, I got to go inside this marvelous aircraft.
A cross-section from this crashed aircraft was taken, presumably to offer a people at the Air Mobility Command Museum a view of the wing structure. It seems strange to have a fragment of aircraft wreckage on display, unless it were to honor the crew (which is definitely not the case here).
Simulated cargo loaded on a standard 463L pallet positioned inside C-5A 69-0014.
463L Pallet (Wikipedia):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/463L_master_pallet
Air Mobility Command Museum C-5A web page:
amcmuseum.org/at-the-museum/aircraft/c-5a-galaxy/
Air Mobility Command Museum
Dover Air Force Base, Delaware
Museum web site:
Lockheed C-5 Galaxy (Wikipedia):
This is the elegant but not opulent cabin of this presidential aircraft. This airplane has flown many elegant first ladies.
This is the cargo compartment of the Starlifter, looking aft, with the huge cargo loading door closed. A crew entry door is to the right (on the left-hand side of the aircraft). Seats for troops are installed. The light blue is typical of the early 1960s, when this aircraft was built. The upper panelling is reminiscent of the later Tristar airliner.
The aircraft has an interesting history. It never served in the military. The Constellation, originally owned by Capitol Airways, was used for international charter flights. When Capitol Airways obtained jet aircrafts the Constellation was put up for sale. A Penndel, Pennsylvania restaurant owner looking for something to catch people's attention bought the aircraft to mount atop his restaurant. The aircraft went atop the restaurant building in 1968. In 1997, the restaurant was closed and the land was sold. The Constellation was scheduled to be scrapped. Instead, it was taken apart and shipped to the Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover Air Force Base and restored. The restoration was completed in 2003 and the aircraft went on display at the museum. In 2015. the aircraft had the number 40315 on its tail. When the aircraft was in commercial service, its FAA number was N1005C.
The C-121A (represented by the Constellation in the photograph) was the military variation of commercial Model 749 Constellation. Between 1948 and 1955 the U.S. Air Force ordered 150 C-121As for use as cargo/passenger carriers, executive transports, and airborne early warning aircraft.