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The Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, nicknamed "Old Shaky", is an American heavy-lift cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, California.. The C-124 was the primary heavy-lift transport for United States Air Force (USAF) Military Air Transport Service (MATS) during the 1950s and early 1960s, until the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter entered service.
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The 1951 Atlantic C-124 disappearance involved a Douglas C-124 Globemaster II of the 2nd Strategic Support Squadron, Strategic Air Command, which ditched into the Atlantic Ocean on the late afternoon of 23 March 1951 after reporting a fire in the cargo hold.
Data from McDonnell Douglas aircraft since 1920: Volume I, The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft General characteristics Crew: Pilot, co-pilot, navigator, systems engineer, and 3-member relief team Capacity: 800 troops Length: 183 ft 10 in (56.03 m) Wingspan: 186 ft 8 in (56.90 m) Wing area: 4,201 sq ft (390.3 m 2) Max takeoff weight: 389,500 lb (176,674 kg) cargo configuration 469,225 lb ...
Douglas C-74 Globemaster Douglas Aircraft: strategic airlifter 1940s to 1970s Douglas C-124 Globemaster II Douglas Aircraft: heavy lift military cargo transport 1950 to 1974 Boeing C-17 Globemaster III Designed by McDonnell Douglas, marketed by Boeing: strategic and tactical airlifter 1993-present
The Tachikawa air disaster (Japanese: 立川基地グローブマスター機墜落事故, Hepburn: Tachikawa kichi Gurōbumasutā-ki tsuiraku jiko) occurred on the afternoon of Thursday, June 18, 1953, when a United States Air Force (USAF) Douglas C-124 Globemaster II aircraft crashed three minutes after takeoff from Tachikawa, Japan, killing all 129 people on board.
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