I lived at Incirlik AB in Turkey in the early 70’s. The C-133’s would routinely fly in at late night , and when they were taxiing or getting ready for take off , I could hear the sound of those engines from my bedroom- and know exactly which plane it was. Such a memorable distinctive sound.
As a Hydraulic Specialist I worked on the "A" model at Dover AFB from 1962 thru mid 1965. Easy peasy hydraulic system. I especially liked operating the hydralic jacking manifolds used for jacking the C-133 for landing gear retraction checks and for weight and balance.
I knew an Air Force pilot who was forced to ditch a 133 in the western Pacific near Okinawa about '65-6 where the fuselage broke just forward of the wing , flipped over and they managed to get out before forward section sank. Aerial pictures were amazing
The C-133 had a very unique and specific sound-and it was _Wow._ I remember as a kid in the early 1960’s, seeing _and HEARING_ that magnificent bird fly overhead in Long Beach, California. I loath that they are gone. 😔
To me they sounded very much like a B-36. Both had large three bladed props. I had the distinct experience of seeing one land at Hill AFB back in the 60s. The unique sound got my attention while it was doing the downwind leg on approach.
@@dlkline27 those engines were top secret made 7,500 horsepower each over 5 times the horsepower of the Pratt & Whitney engine of the day that was on the b17 Stratofortress there around 1100 horse each and this one in the movie is the only one that ever flew out of 50 made and this airplane got four brand new engines every time it lifted off the runway and I've been aboard this single only c133 ever in service and that's my uncle flying it
@@donniebaker5984 Your comment is unreadable. "b17 stratofortress" "over 7,500 horse" ? "Pratt & Whitney engine on B17"? The B-17 had Wright engines, not P&W. Do you expect me to believe that "this one is the only that ever flew"? WE know there were 50 and all of them flew. "4 brand new engines every time it lifted off the runway"?? What are you smoking and can I get some in lime or cherry flavor?
The ending is so sad. The sound and the windmilling prop make it seem like the airplane itself would've loved to fly more. Yet this was the final flight for the C-133, a plane that was never quite right
I'm sure this was a real thrill for this crew to bring this big bird in for the final time. Man, those engines sound good. This plane transported the Atlas and Titan II ICBM missiles from base to base.
My uncle bill was the pilot flying those missiles ..he mentioned doing this at one of our family reunions ..bill said the tail of the atlas stuck out the back of the C-133 with the cargo doors tied open ..and he had a hell of a time getting the plane off the runway without dragging the tail of the missile
Also it wasn't just the military's ICBMs that uncle Bill was hauling around it was also the Atlas from JPL to the cape that John Glenn used in the first flight of the Mercury program ...this airplane was one of 50 ever built as the other 49 crashed and burnt each time with all kinds of different mechanical and other problems ..as you see this one is the only C 133 that ever survived from the day my Uncle Bill became its only one pilot ever authorized to fly it ... And is that bald-headed looks too old to be in the Air Force authorized to fly a plane... He is too old as he was about 70 years old when they made this film .... Bill started out a teen ager in the army Air corps flying gunships against the Germans of wwii in air to air combat while attacking enemy force's on the ground with a DC-3 uncle had dubbed " Spooky' and a cartoon of Casper the friendly Ghost Uncle Bill had painted on the side with whitewash a paintbrush that was never shot down ..I was onboard that airplane one day in a sectioned off area of a bunch of all kinds of old weird looking military war planes ...that come to find out we're all of uncle bill's airplanes throughout his career flying covert military missions all with 100% mission's accomplished accomplished; this was all at an undisclosed airfield at Dover Delaware separate from the military base as this Air Base was totally dedicated to Uncle Bill and his airplane the C-133 as I was also on board this airplane of a particular day in about the year 1966 ...this film does no justice for the actual physical size of when you're nearing this airplane on a vacant tarmac as bill drove us all over the entire base in his personal about a '58 Mercury lowrider hot rod with fuzzy dice hanging off the rear view mirror and a Hawaiian dancer girl wiggling in the back glass fender skirts dual radio antenna White Walls and dual loud pipes that got us held at gunpoint as bill was blasting his general Lee bugle horn like the Duke boys of hazard county yelling out open this goddamn gate ..and of Bill is wearing his Hawaiian shirt that's severely clashed with his Hawaiian beachcomber cut offs sporting his gamblers / beachcomber straw hat with 3 aces and a peacock feather stuck in the hat band combined with his very dark KD sunglasses ...that instantly rowdy upped a small platoon of ground forces all packing m16s yelling hut hut hut charging at us in attack formation with the leader screaming " out of the car out of the car now and face down on the ground as I have authorization to extradite with lethal Force if necessary sir ...bill sticks his left hand out the driver's side window of his hot rod still rumbling with it's cammed up thunderbird engine points at the leader and motions with his finger to come over to bills car ....so the kid with his rifle trained on us walks up to bill still setting in Darth Vader's mercury Marauder...and uncle Bill who not only looks like but also in a voice that sounded just like the "tall man" who played the alien in the movie Phantasm says to the young soldier " YOU KNOW WHO I AM DONTCHA BOYYYYY ". INSTANTLY the platoon leader is standing at attention with his rifle in parade fashion saluting Uncle Bill with yes sir ! Then uncle bill says and now you're going to open that goddamn gate for me aren't you boy . The whole platoon responds with YES SIR.. as they all march back into the guard shack in parade drill formation...while mom is busting out in tears setting in the front passenger seat , dad is sitting in the back right behind his brother bill squinting his eyes with a grin on his face and tight lipped giggle snorting and trying not to bust a gut .I'm hunkered down in the back seat trying not to let anyone know how insane my family is ... But if you know how crazy pilots really are they have a very dark sense of humor that always brings out the arrogant narcissistic exhibitionist assholes they really really are but you can bet is the personality that it takes to be decorated with the most metals and the most air time in combat , top secret and covert missions all 100% mission accomplished sir
@@donniebaker5984 That's not true. I know they could close the doors when missiles were loaded. There's footage here on TH-cam of a Missile being unloaded from a C-133 and the doors were closed around it just fine. THe C-133 was pressurized so flying with doors open would not have worked. It'd also cause massive drag even on the A model.
I was stationed at DAFB in Dover, Delaware from May 1967 to Nov.1970. I was a T-34 Jet Engine Mechanic [ C54350 ]. I really enjoyed working on these engines. We had a swell crew in our shop. We ALL worked well together. I wish I could do it all over again....
i think the museum at Dover is doing a complete static restoration of one of these. I was a 2T2 Air Transportation Specialist and reservist doing tours there. I could only imagine loading and unloading these aircraft. At the time I was there, it was the last of the C-5s.
What a unique bird. It's a shame this beauty has to be retired, but they lived a long useful life. Its little brother the c-130 will keep the dream going.
Don't forget its descedants, the C-5 and C-17. Without the experience of operating Cargomasters, the modern transports wouldn't be as good as they are.
@@robertb.3651 Correct, with four jet engines in pods in addition to those six piston engines. The combined sound here is very reminiscent of the B-36 for that reason.
@@damienpaulin8181 Initially, they take off from Anchorage Alaska, and fly to Travis AFB in California/ I was on the ground, FAA would not let some of the film crew into the plane in flight. All the filming in the plane was by a member of thew flight crew. Yes that is mount Olympus and St. Helens.
I only saw ONE C-133 in my life and that one is on display at the Travis Air Force Base Museum at Fairfield, California. So this video is a real treat for me. Thanks. 👍
Flak Jack Ed, the one you saw at Travis is the same one shown on this video. It was being flown, one last time, from Alaska to Travis in order to be part of the museum.
@@dothat7480 Most of fleet still existed in 1966 as the 1972 aerial image of Davis-Monthan showed at least 33; some others were already in museums or Civilian hands. Of 50 accepted by USAF, I could only find 9 in-flight accidents and one lost on the ground in a fire
I worked on these as prop man at Travis for 6 months in 1968, which was my first PCS after tech school. Went from there to Clark in the Philippines (C-130's). Thanks for the memories!
worked on it at Dover AFB as an instrument repairman in the AF in 67. I was 19 then and even at 68 now I remember that old bird. Flew on one flight to Fort Campbell Ky on it. What a rush back then. We had a big concrete block close in the front of the cargo bay as balance since we had no cargo on board. I must say the flight deck had plush seats.
There was one at Chanute AFB in early 1980 on static display when I went to tech school. I remember how it looked like a C-130, but knew little else about 'em at the time.
It was still there about 2 years ago. I was there a couple of summers ago and photographed it. It was in a sad state as it had seemingly been abandoned after the museum closed. It also sustained damage after a severe thunderstorm. Someone in the comments said it was cut up for scrap last year though.
@@stanleyharrell6009 I vaguely remember seeing the C-133 going to the same school as you in 1986 when I was cross training from active duty to the Reserves at Chanute. I was a the only E-4 Buck Sgt in the class
The person who posted this video is apparently not the person who took the video. His description says that he got it from VIMEO, and he reposted it under his own name. It is certainly a copyright violation. Not much reason to thank him for capturing the video, unless it is no longer viewable anywhere else.
@@youtuuba I don't think this video was seriously copyrighted and in any case at time of posting it probably wasn't viewable elsewhere; a lot of Vimeo content has a way of vanishing (at least I couldn't find this there)
I have an piece of one with the Military Airlift Command insignia in my living room. Got it when I was living in Tucson in the late 90's. It is one of my prized relics.
Bit of drama there, with the flight engineer reporting "we got a wing overheat light" (3:25) and tower says, "we have a plane on the runway right now," and the fire trucks response. So much for relaxing final flight. Well done crew!
There were probably on a permit to fly so basically experimental/emergency from the beginning. They should have requested runway clear from at least 5 miles out. Seems a lot of emotional drama from an unprepared crew. I'd be interested to know what where the consequences of that overheat apart from an orderly shut down.
@@JungleYT I thought exactly the same thing when I heard this beast the first time! I presume that the speed of the propeller tips and perhaps chord of the blades must be key to that wonderful sound.
@@JungleYT The chord of any aerofoil, whether a wing, rotor blade, or propeller blade, is the distance between the leading and trailing edges. In short, it's how "fat" the wing or propeller looks in relation to it's length. There's a good article on Wikipedia if you're interested in learning more. :-)
I keep cringing when people write that the C-133 sounds like a B-36. Pretty far from the truth. It seems people just don't listen closely at all, or maybe hear one plane and then at some other time hear the other plane and their memories for sound are not too good. The two airplanes sound very different, other than both having some commonality due to having several big propellers.
I believe this flight ended at Dover Air Force Base. The 133 is on static display at DAFB Air transport museum. I also saw one of these fly into Mc Chord AFB in the late 70s.
C-133s, C-124s, and C-141s at Travis AFB, 60th MAW, 1969-70, never forget the hundreds of metal coffins coming from SE Asia on return C-141 flights. God Bless those 50,000 heroes who died in that war. C141 "Hanoi Taxi" is now at Air Force Museum (transported the first 40 POWs our of Vietnam in 1973). They were all work horses in their day
This beautiful yet troubled aircraft gives the lie to the old adage "If it looks right, it probably is right". The C-133 was never right (even in this clip we can hear an anxious flight engineer shouting about engine over-heating), yet the real cause of all her maladies always escaped the engineers, who never could really put their fingers on it. She soldiered on because no replacement was available, but ten aircraft lost out of fifty built is an unacceptable loss rate. A pity, since the design is so lovely (yes, including the funny thimble in the prow!)
That was a wing overheat, not an engine overheat. Wing overheat was from a bleed air leak that threatened to weaken the wing structure, which is why you can hear them yelling that they can't go around
I was stationed at Mildenhall Feb 65 to Feb 68. 627 MASS, MATS then MAC. These aircraft were a mechanics nightmare. Minimum ground time was at least 3 days to a week. Lots of prop changes and the only acft that could haul a C-133A prop was another C-133A. That meant another nightmare inbound! Never seen a B model. They were out of Travis and went towards PACAF. A models at Dover came to Europe.
It's great footage, but I could do without the mentally disturbed, violent type of right wing trash it attracts. If you want to shoot people, I strongly suggest you start with yourself.
While at Hickam in 1962 enjoying an early out because our "Shakies" were being replaced by 133's, I was caught up in the Cuba Missile crisis and found my way on to "whoknowswhere " (sealed orders) in a 124C holding at Tinker AFB OK for 38 hours on the tarmac. Upon return to Hickam, great effort was made to have me re-train as a 133 crew member but rumors were abound about the 133's coming apart in air (like the Lockheed Electras) . Good decision. Lost a few buddies. Thus the demise of the 133's I surmise. Jus' sayin' Ed
This beautiful yet troubled aircraft gives the lie to the old adage "If it looks right, it probably is right". The C-133 was never right (even in this clip we can hear an anxious flight engineer shouting about engine over-heating), yet the real cause of all her maladies always escaped the engineers, who never could really put their fingers on it. She soldiered on because no replacement was available, but ten aircraft lost out of fifty built is an unacceptable loss rate. A pity, since the design is so lovely (yes, including the funny thimble in the prow!)
The Electras were fixed (I recall reading Najeeb Halaby'e book about it in the early 60's), and still fly today in the Northwest. Seems the 133's weren't...
I don't know about anyone else but this is a great video. It got a little hairy on final but otherwise it seemed like a pretty good flight. The engines sound amazing and I would love to see one of these big planes fly again. Hell, I'd love to fly one of them as a pilot.
I worked on the C133 at Tachikawa Japan and Wake island during the Viet Nam War. This C133 was owned by Northern Air Cargo at Anchorage. Northern Air hired me because of my experience with the C133. I was an instrument, electrical tech. The C133 was one of the cargo planes supporting the logistical effort suporting the Viet Nam war. There were only 55 made and over 10% were crashed. The General Electric engines were throw away engines. There never was an overhaul facility for the engines.
This flight originated in Anchorage, Alaska. It sat on the flightline virtually unused for several years. I was glad they could fix it up good enough for the final flight. I thought its final destination was the Pima Air Museum at Tucson, Arizona, but I see some think it was Travis AFB.
Was stationed at Clark AB P.I. as a crew chief on C-130B models during Vietnam. Got orders to Dover AFB De. in Aug 1970. Went onboard a C-133 at Clark and felt my heart sink. 7 months at Dover and we junked out these awful old cranky, mean, troublesome , plywood cargo floor, C-130 wannabe's. Volunteered to go to Hill AFB Ut on Rescue C-130's. What a wonderful assignment!!! At Dover we sent 2008 to the AF Museum as it held a weight lifting record for turbo prop aircraft. I was crew chief on 2001. I called it the space odyssey... and boy was it. Ha ha. Now let me tell you about the C-133's good points..........crickets..:(
From Wiki, 'Douglas C-133 Cargomaster': "In August 2008, it flew its last flight to the Jimmy Doolittle Air & Space Museum at Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, California,[10] where it has been restored to USAF markings and maintained on static display." Wow! I didn't realize this flight was so recent!
Wow I never seen one of these, the pre C130, twin throttle quadrant, the flight engineer not wearing his headset and no ear plugs. The engineers position and the majority of the circuit breakers are where the Navigators position was eventually moved to in the C130. Well getting a wing over heat light was a whole lot better then getting a wing off light. Great video, I loved watching it, going to call dad and tell him about it, he was C130 B, E & H Model flight engineer for 28 years.
The C-130 flew over a year and a half before the C-133 did. And it's still in production and in service today, over 66 years after its maiden flight. Your dad would know that and probably schooled you on it.
Growing up in Santa Clara, CA I used to watch lots of aircraft on final into NAS Moffet Field, Lots of C-130’s, a few C-133’s, clockwork watch changes of P-3 Orion sub-hunters coming in from patrolling the Pacific shores for USSR subs, a few C-141 Starlifters, and even fewer C-5A Galaxies. That was 1963 to 1969 or so.
When I arrived as a new hire 737 F/O with Wien Air Alaska in 1981 in Anchorage there were 2 of based there owned by Northern Air Cargo. They apparently bought them in a surplus sale. Those things will haul lots of fish!
Those pilots were so happy to be on the ground after that overheat light came on. They were like "F going around, we're getting on this runway, plane in the way or not!!". If they had to advance the power the thing probably would have exploded.
Used to see the C-133 land at little Santa Monica Airport to pick up military cargo from Douglas Aircraft. Quite a sight. Walked through one at an open house they had one year......
Woah... she came straight up off the ground! I don't think the nose rotated up more than about a foot. Almost looked like a helicopter! (Even appeared to go a bit nose down after getting airborne)
“ wing overheat warning Light” , means the bleed air from the engines, used to normally anti-ice/deice the wings, is producing excessive heat that could damage the leading edge of the wings or other cause collateral damage the adjacent sytems or structure.
depending where it the crack in the bleed air manifold was at, if it was right up against a fuel tank, the next light to come on would have been the wing off light. That's what my dad use to say, wing off light basically means you're cork screwing into the ground
What do I know about the C133. 1. Fifty two were purchased by the USAF, and when retired there were twenty six. Most lost on over water missions. 2. Perfect aircraft for high volume low weight cargo, or medium weight oversize cargo. 3. As extened flight progressed Center of Gravity moved and necessitating adjusting position of cargo. If not done in timely manner aircraft could fall from sky.
@@rancidpitts8243 Your numbers in point 1 are off a bit. Only 9 or 10 accidents, not 26 as your math suggests Majority of the airframes made it to the Boneyard or museums.
@@Contrajoe Early in my Military career I caught a cross country flight on a C 130. Seven hour flight if I remember correctly. The USAF loadmaster got to talking about USAF cargo planes. The C 133 had just been retired; he had been a loadmaster on them. He stated 52 had been purchased and 26 made it to the end. Most of the lost 26 had been lost over water. That is what he said to me and those numbers and reasons have stuck in my head. My opinion is we should have not accepted that Aircraft, but who listened to a PFC.
Was stationed at McGuire 66 thru 70. Saw quite a few of these while I was running the swimming pools and liming the softball fields. Hey! Somebody had to do it!
Between August 1957 and August 1971 10 specimens were lost, six C-133A and four C-133B, causing the death of 55 members of those crews. In at least seven of these incidents, the commission of inquiry was unable to determine with certainty the causes both for the sinking of the aircraft that fell overboard and for the impossibility of obtaining information from the crews as they did not survive the catastrophic events.
But such girls cook great breakfast and appreciate attention. Wish I could say I served with these great aircraft like you Sir. The planes today all look the same. (And cant cook!)
Stationed at Travis 69-70, Enroute maint. hated servicing engine oil at night after it has just landed, wings would be frosted, then crawl out to the slick nacelles. But a beautiful plane when in the air
Leaking Bleed air in the wing could cause a fire. Bleed air was used to heat the wings in high altitude/Cold and freezing air.. Deice boots were also on the leading edge of the wings back in 66.
There's another video on youtube of this aircraft landing at Travis. You can see a puff off smoke out of one engine during landing. That explains what that was about.
Back in 1970 to 1972 I work at the 604 MASS Clark AFB P I .I would be assign as ground crew for C 133 and C 124 many times I would like to visit the planes when I can travel .
Every once in a while one of these would transit Yokota Air Base in Japan back in the late 1960s. Big ass airplane but a maintenance nightmare. Non of us jet guys knew anything about them.
Wow when it said last flight I thought it would like the others that went down down unexplained. I was at Mildenhall when 1611 left all they found was a nose wheel. Years later I ran into a pilot that hand a C133 sticker on his flight bag. He told me they found out the oil in the propellers did not stand up to the cold.
I believe I was there hauling gravel when this occurred (Anchorage Alaska, take-off) and if so I believe I even know (vaguely) the flight engineer in this video. We did have two C133s parked at Ted Stevens for many years and I did see one take-off one day as I was hauling gravel to one of the run-ways. We were told later that was the last C133 that ever flew.
This video appears to be from a documentary on the last flight of a C-133, from its home near Anchorage to Travis AFB in California, where it was being retired to a museum there. I very much doubt that the aircraft was hauling anything at that time. Not sure why you think it was hauling gravel.....please elaborate if you have more information.
@@youtuuba The story was the C-133 was transporting a dump truck and unknown to the pilot it was full of gravel. The plane ran off the end of the runway, crashed into a little building at the end of the runway but did take off.
Is she bigger than an Hercule ? and why stop operation with this beauty ? and the engines ? I love this cargo................!!!! Salute from a French patriot !!!!
C-130 Hercules is a tactical airlifter. C-133 is a strategic airlifter. C-133 was retired due to major issues with stress cracks in the airframe. The C-141 and C-5 were already in operation so there was no cost benefit to repair them.
I’ve loved this plane ever since I was a kid. Built models, kept photos, etc. And why does this sound like a B-36? I’ve heard both fly over and they both have that unique drone.
@@Contrajoe Yes, thanks. And that drone…hearing it pass slowly overhead at 30,000 feet with a sound that seemed to last forever is burned into my memory. Love it.
My dad grew up on a farm in the vicinity of an air base. During the 50's the USAF SAC Convair B-36 Peacemaker flew many training flights high overhead. He told me that on a cold winter day the massive props on that plane would rattle every window in the farmhouse! I believe this plane could've done the same.
that distinctive growl on passing is caused by the props not engines as with the B36 and TU 95 these 2 aircraft could be heard from miles away due to prop drone listen to the north american havard or texan that prop barks too
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I lived at Incirlik AB in Turkey in the early 70’s. The C-133’s would routinely fly in at late night , and when they were taxiing or getting ready for take off , I could hear the sound of those engines from my bedroom- and know exactly which plane it was. Such a memorable distinctive sound.
great engine sound thanks for not ruining it with music . and I love how it flies off without pitching up
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As a Hydraulic Specialist I worked on the "A" model at Dover AFB from 1962 thru mid 1965. Easy peasy hydraulic system. I especially liked operating the hydralic jacking manifolds used for jacking the C-133 for landing gear retraction checks and for weight and balance.
I knew an Air Force pilot who was forced to ditch a 133 in the western Pacific near Okinawa about '65-6 where the fuselage broke just forward of the wing , flipped over and they managed to get out before forward section sank. Aerial pictures were amazing
The C-133 had a very unique and specific sound-and it was _Wow._ I remember as a kid in the early 1960’s, seeing _and HEARING_ that magnificent bird fly overhead in Long Beach, California. I loath that they are gone. 😔
To me they sounded very much like a B-36. Both had large three bladed props. I had the distinct experience of seeing one land at Hill AFB back in the 60s. The unique sound got my attention while it was doing the downwind leg on approach.
@@dlkline27 those engines were top secret made 7,500 horsepower each over 5 times the horsepower of the Pratt & Whitney engine of the day that was on the b17 Stratofortress there around 1100 horse each and this one in the movie is the only one that ever flew out of 50 made and this airplane got four brand new engines every time it lifted off the runway and I've been aboard this single only c133 ever in service and that's my uncle flying it
@@donniebaker5984 Your comment is unreadable. "b17 stratofortress" "over 7,500 horse" ? "Pratt & Whitney engine on B17"? The B-17 had Wright engines, not P&W.
Do you expect me to believe that "this one is the only that ever flew"? WE know there were 50 and all of them flew. "4 brand new engines every time it lifted off the runway"??
What are you smoking and can I get some in lime or cherry flavor?
The ending is so sad. The sound and the windmilling prop make it seem like the airplane itself would've loved to fly more. Yet this was the final flight for the C-133, a plane that was never quite right
I'm sure this was a real thrill for this crew to bring this big bird in for the final time. Man, those engines sound good. This plane transported the Atlas and Titan II ICBM missiles from base to base.
My uncle bill was the pilot flying those missiles ..he mentioned doing this at one of our family reunions ..bill said the tail of the atlas stuck out the back of the C-133 with the cargo doors tied open ..and he had a hell of a time getting the plane off the runway without dragging the tail of the missile
Also it wasn't just the military's ICBMs that uncle Bill was hauling around it was also the Atlas from JPL to the cape that John Glenn used in the first flight of the Mercury program ...this airplane was one of 50 ever built as the other 49 crashed and burnt each time with all kinds of different mechanical and other problems ..as you see this one is the only C 133 that ever survived from the day my Uncle Bill became its only one pilot ever authorized to fly it ... And is that bald-headed looks too old to be in the Air Force authorized to fly a plane... He is too old as he was about 70 years old when they made this film .... Bill started out a teen ager in the army Air corps flying gunships against the Germans of wwii in air to air combat while attacking enemy force's on the ground with a DC-3 uncle had dubbed " Spooky' and a cartoon of Casper the friendly Ghost Uncle Bill had painted on the side with whitewash a paintbrush that was never shot down ..I was onboard that airplane one day in a sectioned off area of a bunch of all kinds of old weird looking military war planes ...that come to find out we're all of uncle bill's airplanes throughout his career flying covert military missions all with 100% mission's accomplished accomplished; this was all at an undisclosed airfield at Dover Delaware separate from the military base as this Air Base was totally dedicated to Uncle Bill and his airplane the C-133 as I was also on board this airplane of a particular day in about the year 1966 ...this film does no justice for the actual physical size of when you're nearing this airplane on a vacant tarmac as bill drove us all over the entire base in his personal about a '58 Mercury lowrider hot rod with fuzzy dice hanging off the rear view mirror and a Hawaiian dancer girl wiggling in the back glass fender skirts dual radio antenna White Walls and dual loud pipes that got us held at gunpoint as bill was blasting his general Lee bugle horn like the Duke boys of hazard county yelling out open this goddamn gate ..and of Bill is wearing his Hawaiian shirt that's severely clashed with his Hawaiian beachcomber cut offs sporting his gamblers / beachcomber straw hat with 3 aces and a peacock feather stuck in the hat band combined with his very dark KD sunglasses ...that instantly rowdy upped a small platoon of ground forces all packing m16s yelling hut hut hut charging at us in attack formation with the leader screaming " out of the car out of the car now and face down on the ground as I have authorization to extradite with lethal Force if necessary sir ...bill sticks his left hand out the driver's side window of his hot rod still rumbling with it's cammed up thunderbird engine points at the leader and motions with his finger to come over to bills car ....so the kid with his rifle trained on us walks up to bill still setting in Darth Vader's mercury Marauder...and uncle Bill who not only looks like but also in a voice that sounded just like the "tall man" who played the alien in the movie Phantasm says to the young soldier " YOU KNOW WHO I AM DONTCHA BOYYYYY ". INSTANTLY the platoon leader is standing at attention with his rifle in parade fashion saluting Uncle Bill with yes sir ! Then uncle bill says and now you're going to open that goddamn gate for me aren't you boy . The whole platoon responds with YES SIR.. as they all march back into the guard shack in parade drill formation...while mom is busting out in tears setting in the front passenger seat , dad is sitting in the back right behind his brother bill squinting his eyes with a grin on his face and tight lipped giggle snorting and trying not to bust a gut .I'm hunkered down in the back seat trying not to let anyone know how insane my family is ... But if you know how crazy pilots really are they have a very dark sense of humor that always brings out the arrogant narcissistic exhibitionist assholes they really really are but you can bet is the personality that it takes to be decorated with the most metals and the most air time in combat , top secret and covert missions all 100% mission accomplished sir
@@donniebaker5984 That's not true. I know they could close the doors when missiles were loaded. There's footage here on TH-cam of a Missile being unloaded from a C-133 and the doors were closed around it just fine. THe C-133 was pressurized so flying with doors open would not have worked. It'd also cause massive drag even on the A model.
I was stationed at DAFB in Dover, Delaware from May 1967 to Nov.1970. I was a T-34 Jet Engine Mechanic [ C54350 ]. I really enjoyed working on these engines. We had a swell crew in our shop. We ALL worked well together. I wish I could do it all over again....
i think the museum at Dover is doing a complete static restoration of one of these. I was a 2T2 Air Transportation Specialist and reservist doing tours there. I could only imagine loading and unloading these aircraft. At the time I was there, it was the last of the C-5s.
" we had a swell crew" that is the kind of talk i like to hear
I was stationed at Dover during 1957-8-9 and remember these C-133s coming in there. I actually help load several of them back then.
I was stationed at DOVER AFB from 1966 to 1969 working on these planes as an aircraft mechanic.
Specifically ACRFT 2011, LOTS OF MEMORIES.
@@johndenardo1380 Thank you very much for your service!
What a unique bird. It's a shame this beauty has to be retired, but they lived a long useful life. Its little brother the c-130 will keep the dream going.
Don't forget its descedants, the C-5 and C-17. Without the experience of operating Cargomasters, the modern transports wouldn't be as good as they are.
That center windshield pane looks a little dicey!
It was definitely in the process of delaminating. Great to see that old bird fly though.
"Parts on order"
Sounds a lot like the B-36! Love this!
B36 has piston engines on the props...
@@robertb.3651 Correct, with four jet engines in pods in addition to those six piston engines. The combined sound here is very reminiscent of the B-36 for that reason.
I've heard a lot of people say that about it.
I was on the crew for this shoot. Amazing machine.
What an amazing experience that must have been.
@Joy Betain upon listening, they had overheatting problems.
Hello Justin Zimmerman,
From where to where your flight was going ? At one point we see volcanoes at left and it looks like Travis AFB on landing.
@@damienpaulin8181 Initially, they take off from Anchorage Alaska, and fly to Travis AFB in California/ I was on the ground, FAA would not let some of the film crew into the plane in flight. All the filming in the plane was by a member of thew flight crew. Yes that is mount Olympus and St. Helens.
Justin Zimmerman then you knew my Uncle William Bill Hargis who was the pilot
I only saw ONE C-133 in my life and that one is on display at the Travis Air Force Base Museum at Fairfield, California. So this video is a real treat for me. Thanks. 👍
Flak Jack Ed, the one you saw at Travis is the same one shown on this video. It was being flown, one last time, from Alaska to Travis in order to be part of the museum.
I once had to load this plane at Travis back in 1966. They said that there were 8 of this left at that time.
@@dothat7480 Most of fleet still existed in 1966 as the 1972 aerial image of Davis-Monthan showed at least 33; some others were already in museums or Civilian hands. Of 50 accepted by USAF, I could only find 9 in-flight accidents and one lost on the ground in a fire
I worked on the 141 and was proud of the fact that it was the ship used to bring our P.OW.’s home. It was an honest and great plane
Mooney Mike yes the c-141 was an awesome bird!! And seeing this C-133 fly again is a real treat!!!
I was at Hickam along the flightline and saw the 141...and watched our POW's come home.
That windshield is huge ! Makes the cockpit a balcony over the skies !
I worked on these as prop man at Travis for 6 months in 1968, which was my first PCS after tech school. Went from there to Clark in the Philippines (C-130's). Thanks for the memories!
Roger lee I knew staff sgt. lee who was propeller repairman AT NKP THAILAND 73. 74 is this you
I remember seeing this aircraft parked at Anchorage International for years. Glad it has been preserved.
The National USAF Museum at Wright-Patt has a C-133, and it looks gigantic even with a B-36 as a neighbor.
There's so much personality in this plane..
Those P&W Turboprops sound totally horn ! Thanks for sharing this!
worked on it at Dover AFB as an instrument repairman in the AF in 67. I was 19 then and even at 68 now I remember that old bird. Flew on one flight to Fort Campbell Ky on it. What a rush back then. We had a big concrete block close in the front of the cargo bay as balance since we had no cargo on board. I must say the flight deck had plush seats.
There was one at Chanute AFB in early 1980 on static display when I went to tech school. I remember how it looked like a C-130, but knew little else about 'em at the time.
It was still there about 2 years ago. I was there a couple of summers ago and photographed it. It was in a sad state as it had seemingly been abandoned after the museum closed. It also sustained damage after a severe thunderstorm. Someone in the comments said it was cut up for scrap last year though.
I remember the C-133 at Chanute when I went to structural repairtech school in 1987.
@@stanleyharrell6009 I vaguely remember seeing the C-133 going to the same school as you in 1986 when I was cross training from active duty to the Reserves at Chanute. I was a the only E-4 Buck Sgt in the class
I saw this beauty yesterday at Travis AFB museum! She is huge. Almost the same length as the B-52 next to her on the static display.
I love the sound of big turboprop aircraft.
Ahh, we are so fortunate to have lived through the Golden Age of Aviation!
Worked on this airplane fro 1964 to 1967, Dover afb, Delaware, great airplane to work on, enjoyed every minute of it.
Thanks for posting this. Navy, 68-74, ETR-2, NAS Miramar, GCA RADAR tech
I keep watching this over and over. :)
Fantastic footage, thanks for capturing this. Love the sound of them big old turboprops
The person who posted this video is apparently not the person who took the video. His description says that he got it from VIMEO, and he reposted it under his own name. It is certainly a copyright violation. Not much reason to thank him for capturing the video, unless it is no longer viewable anywhere else.
@@youtuuba I don't think this video was seriously copyrighted and in any case at time of posting it probably wasn't viewable elsewhere; a lot of Vimeo content has a way of vanishing (at least I couldn't find this there)
*The most Powerful Turbo Prop aircraft America ever built.*
I was stationed at McClellan. Saw a C-133 on take off just leap off the ground on a max short take off. It was awesome...I'll never forget that.
What year GT500? I have an '07 I modded to 725hp at the crank.
@@scuddrunner1 - 69 with 29,000 original miles. the 1st owner blew the 428 and put an SOHC 427 in it
@@robertwright4015 Clearly more power than a gasoline powered prop. And what about that receptacle tip? Hee-haw!
And the most distinct and beautiful. 💛😎
I have an piece of one with the Military Airlift Command insignia in my living room. Got it when I was living in Tucson in the late 90's. It is one of my prized relics.
I prefer to hear turboprop engines hum over pistonprop engines. Its so strong and authoritive sounding. Its music to my ears.
Bit of drama there, with the flight engineer reporting "we got a wing overheat light" (3:25) and tower says, "we have a plane on the runway right now," and the fire trucks response. So much for relaxing final flight. Well done crew!
There were probably on a permit to fly so basically experimental/emergency from the beginning. They should have requested runway clear from at least 5 miles out. Seems a lot of emotional drama from an unprepared crew. I'd be interested to know what where the consequences of that overheat apart from an orderly shut down.
I remember seeing her in Anchorage in the 80's when TDY to Elmendorf.
Great looking for a cargo plane. I always liked the lines. Amazing sound over the fence. Very much like a B-36.
Thanks for the great vid.
Yeah... I noticed that too! Why does it sound so much like a B-36??? That sound was signature for the Peacemaker...
@@JungleYT I thought exactly the same thing when I heard this beast the first time! I presume that the speed of the propeller tips and perhaps chord of the blades must be key to that wonderful sound.
@@daviddunsmore103 OK, but what is a "chord"?
@@JungleYT The chord of any aerofoil, whether a wing, rotor blade, or propeller blade, is the distance between the leading and trailing edges. In short, it's how "fat" the wing or propeller looks in relation to it's length. There's a good article on Wikipedia if you're interested in learning more. :-)
I keep cringing when people write that the C-133 sounds like a B-36. Pretty far from the truth. It seems people just don't listen closely at all, or maybe hear one plane and then at some other time hear the other plane and their memories for sound are not too good. The two airplanes sound very different, other than both having some commonality due to having several big propellers.
Honestly i did not even notice if this plane exist. Thank you for this video. 👍
I believe this flight ended at Dover Air Force Base. The 133 is on static display at DAFB Air transport museum.
I also saw one of these fly into
Mc Chord AFB in the late 70s.
This video & flight ending at Travis. Dover doesn't have a runway 21 R
C-133s, C-124s, and C-141s at Travis AFB, 60th MAW, 1969-70, never forget the hundreds of metal coffins coming from SE Asia on return C-141 flights. God Bless those 50,000 heroes who died in that war. C141 "Hanoi Taxi" is now at Air Force Museum (transported the first 40 POWs our of Vietnam in 1973). They were all work horses in their day
Nice looking aircraft.Great vid 😎👌!
THAT a/c had one of the roomiest cockpits I ever sat in as a maintenance technician including the 747.
That was a beautiful takeoff and those engines absolutely purr.
What a beast!!! And those props run so smooth, they're soothing....... I love it!!!
Zoydian The problem was the props did not run smooth. The lubrication caused wear and the blades went out of sync and tore the airplane apart.
This beautiful yet troubled aircraft gives the lie to the old adage "If it looks right, it probably is right". The C-133 was never right (even in this clip we can hear an anxious flight engineer shouting about engine over-heating), yet the real cause of all her maladies always escaped the engineers, who never could really put their fingers on it. She soldiered on because no replacement was available, but ten aircraft lost out of fifty built is an unacceptable loss rate. A pity, since the design is so lovely (yes, including the funny thimble in the prow!)
That was a wing overheat, not an engine overheat. Wing overheat was from a bleed air leak that threatened to weaken the wing structure, which is why you can hear them yelling that they can't go around
Saw these often as they transited through Karena AFB, Okinawa- circa 68-69 So large up close, what a great bird.
Sorry- Kadena AFB
Seen plenty of these as a kid in the 60's at Mildenhall UK.
I was stationed at Mildenhall Feb 65 to Feb 68. 627 MASS, MATS then MAC. These aircraft were a mechanics nightmare. Minimum ground time was at least 3 days to a week. Lots of prop changes and the only acft that could haul a C-133A prop was another C-133A. That meant another nightmare inbound! Never seen a B model. They were out of Travis and went towards PACAF. A models at Dover came to Europe.
A tear just rolled down my cheek... and the runway.
Fantastic video. Thanks.
a great sounding airplane! love the bass!
People who thumbs down this kind of footage need to be taken out back...
Hopefully they are antifa and whoever takes care of business can get a twofer credit.
To be fair this plane did have a bad reputation and had a high accident rate. But it is very cool to see one in flight one last time.
It's great footage, but I could do without the mentally disturbed, violent type of right wing trash it attracts.
If you want to shoot people, I strongly suggest you start with yourself.
@@ralfie8801 You should cry more about the elections you keep losing...
While at Hickam in 1962 enjoying an early out because our "Shakies" were being replaced by 133's, I was caught up in the Cuba Missile crisis and found my way on to "whoknowswhere " (sealed orders) in a 124C holding at Tinker AFB OK for 38 hours on the tarmac. Upon return to Hickam, great effort was made to have me re-train as a 133 crew member but rumors were abound about the 133's coming apart in air (like the Lockheed Electras) . Good decision. Lost a few buddies. Thus the demise of the 133's I surmise. Jus' sayin'
Ed
This beautiful yet troubled aircraft gives the lie to the old adage "If it looks right, it probably is right". The C-133 was never right (even in this clip we can hear an anxious flight engineer shouting about engine over-heating), yet the real cause of all her maladies always escaped the engineers, who never could really put their fingers on it. She soldiered on because no replacement was available, but ten aircraft lost out of fifty built is an unacceptable loss rate. A pity, since the design is so lovely (yes, including the funny thimble in the prow!)
The Electras were fixed (I recall reading Najeeb Halaby'e book about it in the early 60's), and still fly today in the Northwest. Seems the 133's weren't...
Edmon Same thing at Mildenhall in 62. 1611 left after 3 prop changes and two engine changes, still went down.
Cool! Thanks for the post.
I don't know about anyone else but this is a great video. It got a little hairy on final but otherwise it seemed like a pretty good flight. The engines sound amazing and I would love to see one of these big planes fly again. Hell, I'd love to fly one of them as a pilot.
I worked on the C133 at Tachikawa Japan and Wake island during the Viet Nam War. This C133 was owned by Northern Air Cargo at Anchorage. Northern Air hired me because of my experience with the C133. I was an instrument, electrical tech. The C133 was one of the cargo planes supporting the logistical effort suporting the Viet Nam war. There were only 55 made and over 10% were crashed. The General Electric engines were throw away engines. There never was an overhaul facility for the engines.
This flight originated in Anchorage, Alaska. It sat on the flightline virtually unused for several years. I was glad they could fix it up good enough for the final flight. I thought its final destination was the Pima Air Museum at Tucson, Arizona, but I see some think it was Travis AFB.
It went to Travis. The one at Pima had been there since 1971.
It was Travis.....they have a runway 21R. DM doesn’t have a runway 21.
Was stationed at Clark AB P.I. as a crew chief on C-130B models during Vietnam. Got orders to Dover AFB De. in Aug 1970. Went onboard a C-133 at Clark and felt my heart sink. 7 months at Dover and we junked out these awful old cranky, mean, troublesome , plywood cargo floor, C-130 wannabe's. Volunteered to go to Hill AFB Ut on Rescue C-130's. What a wonderful assignment!!! At Dover we sent 2008 to the AF Museum as it held a weight lifting record for turbo prop aircraft. I was crew chief on 2001. I called it the space odyssey... and boy was it. Ha ha. Now let me tell you about the C-133's good points..........crickets..:(
Now, that's a REAL glass-cockpit 😲😲
;-)
@@Michelottob Thanks, for this awesome video! 👍👍
@@BlueSky-ub4fx You'r welcome, happy new year!
@@Michelottob deto ☺
From Wiki, 'Douglas C-133 Cargomaster': "In August 2008, it flew its last flight to the Jimmy Doolittle Air & Space Museum at Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, California,[10] where it has been restored to USAF markings and maintained on static display."
Wow! I didn't realize this flight was so recent!
I was there to see this. The cargo compartment was still nice and cool when I walked in
Never gets old.
I remember seeing that airplane parked in anchorage for eons. Wondered what happened to it.
Awesome video
Wow I never seen one of these, the pre C130, twin throttle quadrant, the flight engineer not wearing his headset and no ear plugs. The engineers position and the majority of the circuit breakers are where the Navigators position was eventually moved to in the C130. Well getting a wing over heat light was a whole lot better then getting a wing off light. Great video, I loved watching it, going to call dad and tell him about it, he was C130 B, E & H Model flight engineer for 28 years.
The C-130 flew over a year and a half before the C-133 did. And it's still in production and in service today, over 66 years after its maiden flight. Your dad would know that and probably schooled you on it.
Growing up in Santa Clara, CA I used to watch lots of aircraft on final into NAS Moffet Field, Lots of C-130’s, a few C-133’s, clockwork watch changes of P-3 Orion sub-hunters coming in from patrolling the Pacific shores for USSR subs, a few C-141 Starlifters, and even fewer C-5A Galaxies. That was 1963 to 1969 or so.
Saw one a t Howard AFB in the Canal Zone, 1969 . I was surprised how much noise it made.
When I arrived as a new hire 737 F/O with Wien Air Alaska in 1981 in Anchorage there were 2 of based there owned by Northern Air Cargo. They apparently bought them in a surplus sale. Those things will haul lots of fish!
Those pilots were so happy to be on the ground after that overheat light came on. They were like "F going around, we're getting on this runway, plane in the way or not!!". If they had to advance the power the thing probably would have exploded.
Used to see the C-133 land at little Santa Monica Airport to pick up military cargo from Douglas Aircraft. Quite a sight. Walked through one at an open house they had one year......
Woah... she came straight up off the ground! I don't think the nose rotated up more than about a foot. Almost looked like a helicopter! (Even appeared to go a bit nose down after getting airborne)
That's what I thought, too. Kind of like a B-52, taking off flat-footed.
Great video, thank you. This plane had a high failure rate....... fatal failures.
“ wing overheat warning Light” , means the bleed air from the engines, used to normally anti-ice/deice the wings, is producing excessive heat that could damage the leading edge of the wings or other cause collateral damage the adjacent sytems or structure.
Well at least they didn't get the infamous "WING OFF" light! good job.
depending where it the crack in the bleed air manifold was at, if it was right up against a fuel tank, the next light to come on would have been the wing off light. That's what my dad use to say, wing off light basically means you're cork screwing into the ground
What do I know about the C133.
1. Fifty two were purchased by the USAF, and when retired there were twenty six. Most lost on over water missions.
2. Perfect aircraft for high volume low weight cargo, or medium weight oversize cargo.
3. As extened flight progressed Center of Gravity moved and necessitating adjusting position of cargo. If not done in timely manner aircraft could fall from sky.
@@rancidpitts8243 Your numbers in point 1 are off a bit. Only 9 or 10 accidents, not 26 as your math suggests Majority of the airframes made it to the Boneyard or museums.
@@Contrajoe Early in my Military career I caught a cross country flight on a C 130. Seven hour flight if I remember correctly. The USAF loadmaster got to talking about USAF cargo planes. The C 133 had just been retired; he had been a loadmaster on them. He stated 52 had been purchased and 26 made it to the end. Most of the lost 26 had been lost over water. That is what he said to me and those numbers and reasons have stuck in my head.
My opinion is we should have not accepted that Aircraft, but who listened to a PFC.
Once they got the Curtis Electric props sorted out they were a pretty good old bird.
Nice video in flight :)
Was stationed at McGuire 66 thru 70. Saw quite a few of these while I was running the swimming pools and liming the softball fields. Hey! Somebody had to do it!
Yeah! For the summer fun, what did you do in the winter, I know it wasn't de-icing our planes down on the ramp. : )
We had one land Udorn Thailand and parked on end of runway .Gave us a tour though the plane really cool.
A little excited about overheat
Listen to those turbo props :)
I worked on the 133 at Travis in 1965. I worked on the T34 engines, and GTCU's.
Between August 1957 and August 1971 10 specimens were lost, six C-133A and four C-133B, causing the death of 55 members of those crews. In at least seven of these incidents, the commission of inquiry was unable to determine with certainty the causes both for the sinking of the aircraft that fell overboard and for the impossibility of obtaining information from the crews as they did not survive the catastrophic events.
Impressive plane
I remember the 133 from my Travis time, 68-71. Not the prettiest girl at the prom, but damn could she haul the freight!
But such girls cook great breakfast and appreciate attention.
Wish I could say I served with these great aircraft like you Sir.
The planes today all look the same.
(And cant cook!)
I was stationed at Travis from 69-70 with the refuling section. " POL ".
Joseph Calderone : form followed function on this design....
Stationed at Travis 69-70, Enroute maint. hated servicing engine oil at night after it has just landed, wings
would be frosted, then crawl out to the slick nacelles. But a beautiful plane when in the air
Wing over heat on approach plane must have been saying damn I forgot how hot it was in Travis, it's been a while.
Leaking Bleed air in the wing could cause a fire. Bleed air was used to heat the wings in high altitude/Cold and freezing air.. Deice boots were also on the leading edge of the wings back in 66.
Engineer Screaming wing overheat light! Match switches dude! run the checklist!
There's another video on youtube of this aircraft landing at Travis. You can see a puff off smoke out of one engine during landing. That explains what that was about.
@@clownshow5901 That is typical of many turbo/jet engines. It's not any indication of a problem.
Alberto Capone
I wouldn’t say it’s that easy....that overheat can end your day in a big way if you don’t handle it ASAP.
Lol it looks like a fly able Oscar Meyer Weiner truck
One of its pet-names was "Weiner Wagon."
Very dangerous airplane!
Ancorage Intl to Travis AFB and it's awesome museum.
Back in 1970 to 1972 I work at the 604 MASS Clark AFB P I .I would be assign as ground crew for C 133 and C 124 many times I would like to visit the planes when I can travel .
I thought this was a C-130 for a second. Also is one of tbe front windows cracked or is it just an optical illusion of some sort?
Every once in a while one of these would transit Yokota Air Base in Japan back in the late 1960s. Big ass airplane but a maintenance nightmare. Non of us jet guys knew anything about them.
Did this plane put out a Bassy prop note in flight?
I went to tech school at Chanute AFB in 1976. Thete was one of these parked there at the time. Wondering what happened to it
Wow when it said last flight I thought it would like the others that went down down unexplained. I was at Mildenhall when 1611 left all they found was a nose wheel. Years later I ran into a pilot that hand a C133 sticker on his flight bag. He told me they found out the oil in the propellers did not stand up to the cold.
I just saw one in Illinois this morning rotting away. Such a sad sight to see.
Expensive bird to upkeep, even when a static display
it's gone. cut up for scrap
@@mikehalm164 any idea when they scrapped it?
@@Flying4Film It was scrapped summer/fall of 2019
I believe I was there hauling gravel when this occurred (Anchorage Alaska, take-off) and if so I believe I even know (vaguely) the flight engineer in this video.
We did have two C133s parked at Ted Stevens for many years and I did see one take-off one day as I was hauling gravel to one of the run-ways. We were told later that was the last C133 that ever flew.
This video appears to be from a documentary on the last flight of a C-133, from its home near Anchorage to Travis AFB in California, where it was being retired to a museum there. I very much doubt that the aircraft was hauling anything at that time. Not sure why you think it was hauling gravel.....please elaborate if you have more information.
@@youtuuba The aircraft wasn't hauling gravel, Alaska Trucker was hauling gravel.
@@Webleys You had to be smirking when you wrote that....
@@youtuuba The story was the C-133 was transporting a dump truck and unknown to the pilot it was full of gravel. The plane ran off the end of the runway, crashed into a little building at the end of the runway but did take off.
@@scuddrunner1 , yeah, that sounds like a "story" all right. Just about every part of it sounds like pure BS.
The sound of the C-133 is rather close to the sound of the B-36
@InfiniteMushroom Most of the noise is just the sound of the props.
Great video thanks for posting where did it takeoff ANC? and where did it land?
Haven't heard a turboprop chop that much. Beautiful bird, shame they're done
Is she bigger than an Hercule ? and why stop operation with this beauty ? and the engines ? I love this cargo................!!!!
Salute from a French patriot !!!!
C-130 Hercules is a tactical airlifter. C-133 is a strategic airlifter. C-133 was retired due to major issues with stress cracks in the airframe. The C-141 and C-5 were already in operation so there was no cost benefit to repair them.
C-133s used to stage at Mactan Airfield in the Phillipines for several years.
I’ve loved this plane ever since I was a kid. Built models, kept photos, etc. And why does this sound like a B-36? I’ve heard both fly over and they both have that unique drone.
😃I thought the same with the B-36! And I really love the C-133 👀
B-36 and C-133 relatively slow-turning large 3 bladed props, causing a similar drone.
@@Contrajoe Yes, thanks. And that drone…hearing it pass slowly overhead at 30,000 feet with a sound that seemed to last forever is burned into my memory. Love it.
I'd love to have a continuous loop of the sound inside the cockpit.
My dad grew up on a farm in the vicinity of an air base. During the 50's the USAF SAC Convair B-36 Peacemaker flew many training flights high overhead. He told me that on a cold winter day the massive props on that plane would rattle every window in the farmhouse! I believe this plane could've done the same.
that distinctive growl on passing is caused by the props not engines as with the B36 and TU 95 these 2 aircraft could be heard from miles away due to prop drone listen to the north american havard or texan that prop barks too