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[Alan Erskine[_3_]]

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Is that still flying (note the rego)?

[Mike Henley]

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> Is that still flying (note the rego)?
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Copied from Joe Baugher's web page
http://home.att.net/~jbaugher/usafserials.html

56-1999 Douglas C-133A-15-DL Cargomaster

purchased by Foundation for Airborne Relief as N199AR for modification as
flying hospital.
Due to FAA and possibly State Department restrictions, that concept
went under.
Initially went to Pima Air and Space Museum collection but returned to
DM by 1975.
Abortive sale to Dominican Republic which resulted in a Dominican
registration of HI-246 for a brief period while still at DM.
Purchased in Feb 1977 by Maurice Carlson of Anchorage, AK as N199AB.
Now with Cargomaster
Corporation of Anchorage, AK, made first flight Aug 29, 2002 after
restoration.
Reported to have been donated to Jimmy Doolittle Air and Space
Museum at Travis AFB, CA in 2008. Departed Anchorage Aug 28, 2008,
arrived
Travis AFB Aug 30, 2008

[Alan Erskine[_3_]]

"Mike Henley" > wrote in message
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> Copied from Joe Baugher's web page
> http://home.att.net/~jbaugher/usafserials.html
>
> 56-1999 Douglas C-133A-15-DL Cargomaster
>
> purchased by Foundation for Airborne Relief as N199AR for modification as
> flying hospital.
> Due to FAA and possibly State Department restrictions, that concept went
> under.
> Initially went to Pima Air and Space Museum collection but returned to DM
> by 1975.
> Abortive sale to Dominican Republic which resulted in a Dominican
> registration of HI-246 for a brief period while still at DM.
> Purchased in Feb 1977 by Maurice Carlson of Anchorage, AK as N199AB. Now
> with Cargomaster
> Corporation of Anchorage, AK, made first flight Aug 29, 2002 after
> restoration.
> Reported to have been donated to Jimmy Doolittle Air and Space
> Museum at Travis AFB, CA in 2008. Departed Anchorage Aug 28, 2008, arrived
> Travis AFB Aug 30, 2008
>
>

Thanks, Mike; much appreciated. Must have been an impressive bird to hear
and see when flying.

[John Szalay]

"Alan Erskine" > wrote in

> Thanks, Mike; much appreciated. Must have been an impressive bird to
> hear and see when flying.
>
>

They were impressive, we had a couple of them come into CAAF at Ft Campbell
in about 1966 (IIRC) to load up a couple of our helicopters that were
needed for rescue work during some floods in Texas, we pushed 2 of our
birds in the one assigned to us and off they went..

looked a lot like big C-130's then....