tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post562595641834976213..comments2024-03-29T09:47:04.022-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : Your Sunday Morning Turboprop NoiseComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-44365929220349847632017-07-09T17:09:54.044-04:002017-07-09T17:09:54.044-04:00"As soon as the C-5s became available"?
..."As soon as the C-5s became available"?<br /><br />I had already hired in when the C5 made its maiden flight to CHS in June, 1968, and it was some time before there were enough to have an impact. Moreover, in my entire career, I only worked a handful of C133s and no C124s that I can recall, and none of them in a military transport role.<br /><br />What I do recall is working a shitload of C130s (still being built) and a crap load of C141s (in fairness, CHS (in our area) was a C141 base, so we saw them a lot, just from proximity). Both of those workhorses did the bulk of the heavy lifting during the Vietnam years. Add in the C123s (half a Hercules) and there were plenty of airplanes to do the job when the 124s and 133s were retired.<br /><br />LRod<br />ZJX, ORD, ZAU retiredLRodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17181295131853124169noreply@blogger.com