USAF argosy...... Well almost
The Argosy was used for some time by Zantop International Airlines of Willow run Detroit on the long running Logair USAF contract.
The contract was a logistical one moving cargo for the USAF around the southern USA.
A few of the Zantop captains that I know operated on the Logair contract and said that the Argosy was ideal with the aircraft having doors at both ends the ongoing cargo was fed in at one end as the off going cargo was fed out of the other end, the turn around time being limited by how quickly you could get the fuel on for the next sector.
The Argosy was eventually replaced by the Lockheed L188 Electra, an aircraft that could move much more load, much further, much faster.
The Electra was the basis for the Lockheed P3 Orion ......... Sub hunter turned airliner.....Airliner turned Sub hunter.......Is this thread going around in circles ?