There are a lot of
interesting cargo aircraft at the museum. Not as romantic or
sexy as the fighters and bmbers, but when you need to get
parts, troops, supplies, ammo, etc somewhere, these aircraft
are the workhorses that get the job done.
Lockheed Model 10 Electra. The Electra was the first aircraft that Kelly Johnson worked on at Lockheed. The Electra is best known as the aircraft flown by Amelia Earhart when she was last seen.
Fairchild C-119C Flying Boxcar from the 907th Troop Squadron, Clinton County AFB, Ohio.
Douglas VC-118A Liftmaster from the 1254th Air Transpoty Wing, Andrews AFB, Maryland.
Lockheed C-141B Starlifter from the 305th and 415th Air Wings, McGuire AFB, New Jersey.
Douglas C-54 Skymaster from the 313th Troop Carrier Squadron, Fassberg Airbase, Germany.
Beechcraft AT-7 Navigator, the navigation trainer version on the Beech 18.
Douglas C-47 Skytrain from the 94th Troops Carrier Squadron. To me, this was the greatest airplane ever built.
Curtiss C-46D Commando from the 2nd Combat Group, 5th Combat Squadron at Townsville, Australia with a Stearman and an F4U Corsair in the background.
Fairchild C-123K Provider used by CalFire based at Hemet Ryan Airport in California. These were used to fight fires in the western US until the 1990s.
Fairchild C-82A Packet from the 55th Strategic Reconnaissance group, 7th Geodic Squadron at Forbes Kansas next to a Lockheed C-130A Hercules.
Lockheed C-130A from the 118th Tactical Airlift Wing of the Tennessee Air National Guard.
Douglas C-133 Cragomaster of the 60th Military Airlift Wing at Travis AFB, California.
Douglas C-124C Globemaster II of the 901st Military Airlift Group at Hanscom AFB. At one time, this was the largest cargo aircraft in the US inventory.
Front view of the C-124C with the clamshell cargo door on the front.
A pair of Boeing C-97 Stratofreighters. These designs were based on the B-29. There were also KC-97 tankers. This versatile aircraft provided the basis for the Super Guppy transports.
Aero Spacelines 377-SG Super Guppy was used by NASA until 1991 to carry rocket segments and other very large cargo. It was built from parts of retired C-97 transports and 377 airliners as well as the wings of a YC-97J, the USAF experiment C-97 with turbo-props.