Talk:C-124 Globemaster II
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[edit] Display
I've added the aircraft on display at Charleston AFB, but can't find any reference to a derelict aircraft at Valley Airport in Harlingen, Texas, and I didn't see one on aerial photographs. If you can find any references, photos or a s/n for the aircraft I'll add it. I suspect there are a couple other aircraft still at Aberdeen, but I can't find proof.- Ken Keisel
There is also a static display of a C-124 at Charleston AFB, SC There is a derelict C-124 at Harlingen, TX airport.
[edit] Old Shaky
I flew both the C-124A and C-124C a combined total of over 5,000 flying hours as a USAF Pilot, Instructor Pilot (IP) and Pilot Flight Examiner (PFE) from 1958 to 1964. The Pratt and Whitney Wasp Major RW-4360 (4,360 = cubic inch displacement per engine) 28-cylinder engines were the same basic design as those on the B-50 and the B-36, among other aircraft. They developed their 3,800 horsepower "MAX POWER" setting when using Anti-Detonation-Injection (ADI) fluid (a mixture of water, alcohol, and a fish oil based emulsifier) to prevent detonation in the cylinders. If ADI was not available, the maximum "dry" horsepower was 3,400 per engine. In either case, there was an iron-clad 5 minutes maximum time limit after which power had to be reduced to METO (Maximum Except Take-Off) power. If the time limit was exceeded, all four engines had to be removed and replaced prior to the next flight of the aircraft.
The C-124s were routinely operated at or near their maximum performance capabilities. Takeoffs required that carefully calculated performance predictions showed the aircraft could climb a mere 50 feet per minute on three engines! Let me assure you that a plane travels a long, long way in a minute, and the terrain may be a lot more hostile at that point than it was on takeoff. Suffice to say that every takeoff was an adventure.
At the time I was flying the C-124s, the "Maximum Peacetime Takeoff Gross Weight" was 185,000 pounds, and the "Maximum Wartime Emergency Takeoff Gross Weight" was 194,500 pounds. I know of at least two cases wherein these limits were inadvertently exceeded without mishap, but it was not a good idea to do so.
The C-124C was the ultimate and final development in large gasoline-engine, propeller driven heavy transport aircraft, at least in the United States. I thoroughly enjoyed my association with "Old Shaky" and have many fond memories of that time in my young life.—Preceding unsigned comment added by OldShakyDriver (talk • contribs) (Moved from article by BillCJ 03:17, 17 September 2007 (UTC))
[edit] Assessment
How can it be a B class if it has no references? I changed it to a Start class. --Colputt 22:24, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Copy/Paste
The second paragraph in Development section seems to have been copied from: http://www.mcchordairmuseum.org/REV%20B%20MAM%20COLLECTION%20C-124%20BORDER.htm . I have put a copyright notice in the article section. --Private Pilot (talk) 23:46, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
