C-117
 

Apologies if it's in the wrong bit but.........
I was driving up the A30 this lunchtime and as I passed Exeter aerodrome there was a C-117 about to land. Are these regular visiters there or was this something else. I just wondered that's all.

C-117's are darn rare anymore.....

R4D


http://rwebs.net/ghostsqd/images/R4D.jpg


Of course....more commonly seen these days....the C-17.

http://www.tejwebworld.com/wp-conten...e-to-India.jpg

Cargo conversion of one of these?

http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircra...OffWithP47.jpg

T'was RAF Globemaster ZZ171, Ascot 814.
Made 4 (I think) training approach and go-arounds.
Looked nice turning over my house!

or an RCAF CC-117

This is a Globemaster.......the jet namesake is the Globemaster II.


http://secretvietnamwar.com/military/C124.jpg





Cockpit of the Aerial Demonstration aircraft used by MATS in those days.


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...II_cockpit.JPG

Sorry to pick peanuts out of poo, but the Jet is the Globemaster III, the aircraft in your pictures is the Globemaster II.

The original Globemaster is the Douglas C-74.:ok:

Oh dear sasless extra recce lessons for you then.

Is the PIC the first one who manages to roll a double six?

Slipper wins a Kewpee Doll....the C-74 was the Globemaster and the other two are namesakes.....although the II is a close sibling.:D

The Globemaster II was the C-124... here is a C-74 Globemaster:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...long_beach.jpg

Interesting feature is the two independent cockpits for the Pilots...later changed to a conventional cockpit setup.

Can you imagine an intercom failure....however would they have coped without being able to talk to one another?

After "gear up !" is there anything left to say ? ;)

Gear Down.

SAS

There were not two independent cockpits, just two independent canopies. Beneath the canopies was a single compartment. So an intercom failure should not have been a problem.

See: Views of USAF C-74 aircraft. Instrument panel, cockpit, maintenance access, takeoff, landing, flying on only two engines

Dusting of the anorak...
 

Isn't the picture in SAless first post a C47?
The C117 had square cut wingtips and a different tail design, if memory serves....;)

Thankyou. I'll just have to say a dirty great grey thing next time.

Didn't the C-74 feature as a Chinese government plane in the original version of The Italian Job ?