Mark2Fly1034 From United States of America, joined Oct 2011, 57 posts, RR: 0 Posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 4001 times:
I had a solo cross country today and one of my stops was TIX and I saw this plane and took a picture of it. I first thought it was a C-130 but after seeing the picture it looks like a C-130 with jet engines. I have never seen this kind of plane before and was wondering if anyone knew what it was.
KPDX From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 2526 posts, RR: 3 Reply 1, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 3994 times:
BMI727 From United States of America, joined Feb 2009, 14336 posts, RR: 26 Reply 2, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 3940 times:
It's a Fairchild C-123 provider. The propulsion has an interesting story, as it was originally designed as a glider and one prototype had no engines, one had piston engines, and a third had four jet engines. Most were built with piston engines and some variants added jet engines as well for additional power.
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yeelep From United States of America, joined Apr 2011, 526 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 3916 times:
You must have missed it in quite a few movies. Air America, XXX, A Man Apart, Conair, Airforce One, Outbreak, etc....
Mark2Fly1034 From United States of America, joined Oct 2011, 57 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 3890 times:
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gatorman96 From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 693 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 3853 times:
The plane is missing it's prop blades, which is why they look like jet engines...
drerx7 From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 4906 posts, RR: 9 Reply 7, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 3837 times:
It had a semi-starring role in Die Hard 2 with those jet engines. "How many grenades we got?!...USE EM"
yeelep From United States of America, joined Apr 2011, 526 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 3811 times:
Rent Air America, its a pretty good movie with lots of airplanes.
boacvc10 From United States of America, joined Jul 2006, 514 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 3592 times:
In the right hand lower quadrant (alongside the margin) there seems to be a "fragment" of an image, of a nose section of a military aircraft???? That section looks like a photoshopped section, and I am not sure it fits there with the background of a hangar in the distance, but perhaps it was just a fuselage section of some kind?
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Quoting Mark2Fly1034 (Thread starter):
I had a solo cross country today and one of my stops was TIX and I saw this plane and took a picture of it. I first thought it was a C-130 but after seeing the picture it looks like a C-130 with jet engines. I have never seen this kind of plane before and was wondering if anyone knew what it was
Spacepope From Vatican City, joined Dec 1999, 2738 posts, RR: 1 Reply 11, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 3590 times:
Quoting boacvc10 (Reply 10): In the right hand lower quadrant (alongside the margin) there seems to be a "fragment" of an image, of a nose section of a military aircraft???? That section looks like a photoshopped section, and I am not sure it fits there with the background of a hangar in the distance, but perhaps it was just a fuselage section of some kind?
BOACVC10
It's not photoshopped, I don't understand why you would say that.
DanatFCM From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 36 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 3564 times:
I see those planes just about every Saturday at TIX- Those are indeed a C-123 and a Caribou nose section. The C-123 belongs to the Air America Foundation- they're actively restoring it.
boacvc10 From United States of America, joined Jul 2006, 514 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 3492 times:
Quoting Spacepope (Reply 11): I don't understand why you would say that.
Well, it's not that everyday you see a front section of a plane, and the rest seems "missing". Also, in the background a grey rectangular structure is present that almost coincides with the abrupt end of the fuselage section, while in the far background, the hangar structure can be seen, with a different color spectrum ... well, the link from DanatFCM is self explanatory.
KC135TopBoom From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 11708 posts, RR: 52 Reply 14, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 3387 times:
BOACVC10, I think what you see in the grey retangular structure behind the C-7 nose section is the sliding hanger door.
HaveBlue From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 2069 posts, RR: 1 Reply 15, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 4 days ago) and read 3253 times:
Quoting DanatFCM (Reply 12): I see those planes just about every Saturday at TIX-
I too see that C-123 every year when I go to the TICO airshow.. which I just did again for the 26th time just a couple of weeks ago.
Quick question Dana, is that the C-123 that Harry Doan (of VAC) used to own? I kinda always assumed it was since most of his aircraft were based just up the road a bit in New Smyrna. Coincidentally and tragically Harry died at that very airshow back in the mid 90's.
DanatFCM From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 36 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 3204 times:
I couldn't say for sure- I don't know that name or the full history of that C-123. I'll be at VAC on Saturday- maybe I'll ask around.
-Dan
"There's no sensation that compares with this- suspended animation, a state of bliss" -Pink Floyd
DanatFCM From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 36 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 3167 times:
Actually, I don't think so- the database shows the above photo as 54-1603; the AAF website lists their aircraft as tail 54-674.
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HaveBlue From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 2069 posts, RR: 1 Reply 19, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 3144 times:
Quoting DanatFCM (Reply 16): I couldn't say for sure- I don't know that name or the full history of that C-123. I'll be at VAC on Saturday- maybe I'll ask around.
Please do, I'd be glad to know and have wondered for years (but never went over and asked lol). Harry Doan was a prominent Daytona Beach (where I live) business man, he owned the Main Street Peir, the space needle on the beach and a bunch of other businesses. He also had one of the most extensive collections of flying (as in actively flying) warbirds of any one person I knew of (as opposed to a VAC, CAF, ETC). I can't recall all the aircraft he had, but among them were B-25's, F-4G Corsair (the famous #57 of Reno fame), Venom, Panther, Cougar, A-1 Skyraiders, C-123 and maybe the C-119, T-28s etc.
HaveBlue From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 2069 posts, RR: 1 Reply 20, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 3133 times:
Quoting DanatFCM (Reply 18): Actually, I don't think so- the database shows the above photo as 54-1603; the AAF website lists their aircraft as tail 54-674.
Ah gotcha. I would like to know what happened to Harry's 123 then. I had my previous post open for some time, whilst trying to look up a list of what Harry had in his fleet.. but largely to no avail.
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