Re: C-119 Flying Boxcar specifications - 2 attachments

[john szalay]

"Byker" > wrote in
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> "Miloch" wrote in message ...
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>> Loaded Weight: 64,000 lbs
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> The military operated them with a MTOW up to 100.000 pounds, which
> worked as long as the engines held together. The civilian operators
> were restricted to 74.000 pounds maximum gross.
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>


and sometimes Mother Nature decided which ones gets to fly again.

[Byker]

"john szalay" wrote in message
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> and sometimes Mother Nature decided which ones gets to fly again.

Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, 1948

[john szalay]

"Byker" > wrote in news:IvmdneUrhpCbI8zKnZ2dnUU7-
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> "john szalay" wrote in message
> 31...
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>> and sometimes Mother Nature decided which ones gets to fly again.
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> Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, 1948
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> Attachment decoded: Tinker_AFB_tornado_damage_3.jpg
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Carswell AFB 1952

76 Aircraft damaged by tornado

[Charles Lindbergh[_2_]]

On Fri, 03 Jun 2016 13:52:26 -0500, john szalay <john.szalayatatt.net> wrote:

>"Byker" > wrote in news:IvmdneUrhpCbI8zKnZ2dnUU7-
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>> "john szalay" wrote in message
>> 31...
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>>> and sometimes Mother Nature decided which ones gets to fly again.
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>> Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, 1948
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>> Attachment decoded: Tinker_AFB_tornado_damage_3.jpg
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>Carswell AFB 1952
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> 76 Aircraft damaged by tornado

All insured by the US taxpayer......

[Bob (not my real pseudonym)[_2_]]

On Fri, 03 Jun 2016 19:49:37 +0000, Charles Lindbergh
> wrote:

>On Fri, 03 Jun 2016 13:52:26 -0500, john szalay <john.szalayatatt.net> wrote:
>
>>"Byker" > wrote in news:IvmdneUrhpCbI8zKnZ2dnUU7-
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>>> "john szalay" wrote in message
>>> 31...
>>>>
>>>> and sometimes Mother Nature decided which ones gets to fly again.
>>>
>>> Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, 1948
>>>
>>> Attachment decoded: Tinker_AFB_tornado_damage_3.jpg
>>> ------=_NextPart_000_01ED_01D1BD93.51A4EBE0--
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>>Carswell AFB 1952
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>> 76 Aircraft damaged by tornado
>
>All insured by the US taxpayer......

....and the total still came to about the cost of the turn signal light
on the B-2 that "mishap"d in Guam.