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Posted: 11/4/2018 8:30:56 PM EDT

Picture of a USMC aircraft probably taken at El Toro. 1960's - 1970's I'm guessing. It was in an album of some of my brothers stuff.

Posted: 11/4/2018 8:32:54 PM EDT

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C-119 Flying Boxcar

Posted: 11/4/2018 8:59:05 PM EDT

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In Navy/Marine parlance of the day an R4Q. Air Force called them C119, Charlie one one nine, or Dollar Nineteen. My Dad was a navigator on them when I was a little kid.

Posted: 11/4/2018 9:45:51 PM EDT

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FPNI

Posted: 11/4/2018 9:49:06 PM EDT

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Posted: 11/4/2018 9:54:42 PM EDT

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The air force had a couple gunship versions of it, the AC-119 Shadow and AC-119 Stinger.

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Posted: 11/4/2018 9:59:17 PM EDT

[#6]

C-119's are one of my all time favorites, and I'd love to fly one.

Posted: 11/4/2018 10:17:19 PM EDT

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wonder

What have you flown?

I, and I bet others, would love to hear your story and background.

Posted: 11/4/2018 11:43:28 PM EDT

[#8]

Tubman 609.

Posted: 11/5/2018 3:54:50 AM EDT

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I worked on them for Hawkins & Powers in 1980. In fact the one in the movie "Always" was one of them. I don't know that I'd be eager to fly one. From what I remember, they were under powered unless you could 115/145 AvGas and ADI. They also had a nasty tendency to experience a run away prop that often resulted in a forced landing. The fuselage would break at the fwd cargo Bay bulkhead and shread the cockpit. There was one 5 miles of the North end of the runway left as a reminder to check the prop feathering accumulator pressure daily.

Posted: 11/5/2018 7:54:35 AM EDT

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I worked on them for Hawkins & Powers in 1980. In fact the one in the movie "Always" was one of them. I don't know that I'd be eager to fly one. From what I remember, they were under powered unless you could 115/145 AvGas and ADI. They also had a nasty tendency to experience a run away prop that often resulted in a forced landing. The fuselage would break at the fwd cargo Bay bulkhead and shread the cockpit. There was one 5 miles of the North end of the runway left as a reminder to check the prop feathering accumulator pressure daily.

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Posted: 11/5/2018 9:59:52 AM EDT

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I worked on them for Hawkins & Powers in 1980. In fact the one in the movie "Always" was one of them. I don't know that I'd be eager to fly one. From what I remember, they were under powered unless you could 115/145 AvGas and ADI. They also had a nasty tendency to experience a run away prop that often resulted in a forced landing. The fuselage would break at the fwd cargo Bay bulkhead and shread the cockpit. There was one 5 miles of the North end of the runway left as a reminder to check the prop feathering accumulator pressure daily.

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Jebus.

I know that all planes have their quirks but don’t think I’d be in a hurry to drive one of those things

Posted: 11/5/2018 7:10:13 PM EDT

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They had one on static display at Ft. Bragg.

Posted: 11/6/2018 12:16:38 AM EDT

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Tubman 609.

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It was a mail plane

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Posted: 11/6/2018 12:34:22 AM EDT

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Looks like a cargo plane designed by someone who was madly in love with the P-38 Lightning.

Or...this is what happens when you take your P-38 to Golden Corral every weekend.

Posted: 11/6/2018 4:58:36 AM EDT

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They look cool, that’s for sure. Inside and out.

Posted: 11/6/2018 1:57:46 PM EDT

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When I was a kid, they used them in Florida to spray for fruit flies.

Quite a sight to see them coming at you at tree top level. Wonder if I have any brain cells left

Posted: 11/6/2018 5:37:24 PM EDT

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Later versions really changed the nose/cockpit area! And TY for the ID.

Posted: 11/7/2018 6:21:05 AM EDT

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C119 and c82 were different

Posted: 11/7/2018 8:29:29 AM EDT

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One of my uncles flew one when he was in the AF. He said it was a huge pile of shit and hated the 2 years he was stuck in it.

Posted: 11/7/2018 8:41:08 AM EDT

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It was not well loved. The mighty Herk that replaced it is still loved. Still a neat airplane, ifnot a great performer.

Posted: 11/10/2018 1:39:28 PM EDT

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I sat on top of my panel truck in the parking lot of the museum 1974 and watched them tow it in from Pope.

Got one jump at Benning during jump school out of a ANG bird from somewhere.

Posted: 11/30/2018 10:29:30 PM EDT

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Built by Fairchild of Hagerstown MD. Most excellent museum, they have a C-82/C-119 and a C-123 among many others.

The AR-15 figures promantly in the history of Fairchild.

Posted: 12/1/2018 9:06:12 PM EDT

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When I was a kid, they used them in Florida to spray for fruit flies.

Quite a sight to see them coming at you at tree top level. Wonder if I have any brain cells left

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They use a really ugly plane now for the job.

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