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Old June 3rd 16, 03:43 PM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
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Default C-119 Flying Boxcar specifications - 2 attachments

"Byker" wrote in
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"Miloch" wrote in message ...

Loaded Weight: 64,000 lbs


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.




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







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Old June 3rd 16, 06:27 PM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
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and sometimes Mother Nature decided which ones gets to fly again.


Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, 1948







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Old June 3rd 16, 08:49 PM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
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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
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and sometimes Mother Nature decided which ones gets to fly again.


Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, 1948

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Carswell AFB 1952

76 Aircraft damaged by tornado


All insured by the US taxpayer......
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Old June 4th 16, 09:02 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
Bob (not my real pseudonym)[_2_]
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Default C-119 Flying Boxcar specifications - 2 attachments - 1 attachment

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-
:

"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
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Carswell AFB 1952

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.
 




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