Mostly retired, but still accept some consulting assignments periodically.
Other Comments:
After leaving the Air Force and receiving my B.S. in Industrial Technology at SIU-Carbondale, I started my 40-year-career in Fire Protection-Property Loss Control-Consulting in the commercial/industrial property insurance business. I started with Factory Mutual Engineering in Chicago with stops in Miami, Nashville, and ended up working for two of the world's major insurance brokers, Marsh & McLennan and finally AON (who bought Schirmer Engineering in 2001, my employer at the time), in Atlanta.
1967-1970, C-74 Globemaster
From Year 1967
To Year 1970
Personal Memories
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C-74 Globemaster Details
Aircraft/Missile Information
The C-74 Globemaster was developed in response to a need by the United States Army Air Forces for a transport aircraft with transoceanic range. Douglas Aircraft Company responded in 1942 with a giant four-engined design. The aircraft did not actually fly until September 5, 1945. With the need for military aircraft greatly reduced by the end of World War II, the order was cancelled and production ended in January 1946 after production of only fourteen aircraft. This cancellation also ended plans to build an airliner version of the C-74 for the civilian market.
* Crew: 3 * Capacity: 125 troops * Payload: 48,150 lb (21,840 kg) * Length: 124 ft 2 in (37.85 m) * Wingspan: 173 ft 3 in (52.81 m) * Height: 43 ft 9 in (13.34 m) * Wing area: 2,510 ft² (233 m²) * Empty weight: 86,172 lb (39,087 kg) * Loaded weight: 154,128 lb (69,911 kg) * Max takeoff weight: 172,000 lb (78,000 kg) * Powerplant: 4× Pratt & Whitney R-4360-49 radial engines, 3,250 hp (2,424 kW) each
Performance
* Maximum speed: 328 mph (285 knots, 528 km/h) * Range: 3,400 mi (2,950 nm, 5,470 km) * Service ceiling 21,300 ft (6,490 m) * Rate of climb: 2,605 ft/min (13.2 m/s) * Wing loading: 61 lb/ft² (300 kg/m²) * Power/mass: 0.08 hp/lb (140 W/kg)
