June 27: This image provided by the U.S. Air Force shows an undated photo of a C-124A Globemaster cargo aircraft similar to the plane that went down on the Colony Glacier. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force)
To: Kartographer
God bless the men that fly and fight.
Training is as dangerous as fighting.
/johnny
To: Kartographer
A specialized eight-person recovery team searches for aircraft wreckage, remains, or other personal affects while conducting recovery operations at an aircraft crash site on Knik Glacier, Alaska Photo: REUTERS
3 posted on
06/28/2012 10:25:58 AM PDT by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Kartographer
Old Shakey. I flew from Travis to Hickam on a 124 in 1972...I stll haven’t stopped vibrating.
4 posted on
06/28/2012 10:40:40 AM PDT by
pfflier
To: Kartographer
Flew cross country in one these contraptions in 1967, and I can attest why people in the Air Force called it the Barfmaster.
7 posted on
06/28/2012 10:54:10 AM PDT by
Ranger Warrior
("To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards out of men." - Abraham Lincoln)
To: Kartographer
I caught a “Hop” from March AFB to Seward Nashville back in 1958 on a C-124
Big Noisy SOB felt like it was waddling on the runway and in the air . the vibrations were so great that I stood up through the whole flight.
She was rigged for cargo so you can imagine the deafening ratttle and
roar. Worst Hop I ever took but it got me back to Fort Campbell on time.
10 posted on
06/28/2012 12:05:56 PM PDT by
Pompah
To: Kartographer
11 posted on
06/28/2012 12:28:37 PM PDT by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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