A few years ago stepped back from the day to day operation of our family business, putting it in the hands of our youngest brother. Spent the next six months doing crossword with mother, God rest her soul. My proficiency level shot up to 7-0. Got bored and there it was, right next to the puzzle "Help Wanted Golf Course" Wow got in the car punched in the coordinance, turned on the atuopilot, and the next thing you know I was cutting grass in a beautiful setting, birds a'singing and ducking little white "in-coming" projectiles. Asked for advice from the boss. He replyed, you were in the service? I said yes Air Force...He said Situational Awareness. .... more to come....
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TDYs --- Fort Campbell Kentucky Early 1968
Home of the 101st airborne
and depending on which side of the camp you were on, you could be in Tennessee. If memory serves me ... a red paint line running thru a mess hall showing the Kentucky/Tenn demarcation.
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Two week of mostly standby time, brought along five C-141s from Dover AFB and various support personnel. Set up in large open bay barracks, got my first taste of Pinochle. Could not get enough of it. I was hooked.
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The turboprop C-133 was developed to fulfill Air Force requirements for a large-capacity strategic cargo aircraft. The Air Force's global responsibilities increased in the early 1950's just as the advent of the fuel-efficient turboprop engine promised economical longrange transport capabilities. This led the service to issue a request for its first true strategic airlifter. The new plane would have to be capable of carrying any item of equipment in the Air Force or Army inventory. It carried fully assembled tanks and transported the Douglas-built Thor intermediate range ballistic missiles along with the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile just coming into service. Other requirements were specified as well. In order to speed loading and offloading it must be low to the ground and have a drive-in back door with a built-in ramp. The cargo compartment must also be fully pressurized so that ground troops and their equipment could be transported.
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C-133 Cargomaster II Details
Aircraft/Missile Information
General characteristics
* Crew: six (two pilots, two engineers, navigator, loadmaster) * Capacity: Designed as a logistics transport, the C-133 carried only small numbers of passengers, usually associated with the cargo. * Payload: 110,000 lb (50,000 kg) * Length: 157 ft 6 in (48.0 m) * Wingspan: 179 ft 8 in (54.8 m) * Height: 48 ft 3 in (14.7 m) * Wing area: 2,673.1 ft� (248.34 m�) * Empty weight: 109,417 lb (49,631 kg) * Loaded weight: 275,000 lb (125,000 kg) * Max takeoff weight: 275,000 lb (C-133A) / 286,000 lb (C-133B) (125,000 kg (C-133A) / 130,000 kg (C-133B)) * Powerplant: 4� Pratt & Whitney T34-P-9W turboprops, 7,500 shp (5,586 kW) each * * Cargo deck : 86 ft 10 in (26.47 m)
Performance
* Maximum speed: 312 kt (359 mph / 578 km/h) * Cruise speed: 280 kt (322 mph / 519 km/h) * Range: 3,560 nm with 52,000 lb (23,587 kg) payload (4,097 mi / 6,590 km) * Service ceiling 32,300 ft (9,800 m)
