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Description
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed | |
| Base model: | C-121 | |
| Designation: | C-121 | |
| Version: | J | |
| Nickname: | Super Constellation | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1925-1962 | |
| Basic role: | Transport | |
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Recent comments by our visitors
| George Barber Rockwood, TN | While serving as a member of the maintenance team of the Blue Angels from 1968-70, my temmates and I were tasked with loading Navy 8. This was indeed a job, but she was a good old bird and we all loved her.
I remember when one of our electricians suffered a heart attack on roll out from Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti, the aircraft commander, Lt. Cdr. Bud Jourdan, had the hit the brakes and throw the props into full reverse to slow her down. The extremely long nose gear nearly bottomed out. 08/22/2008 @ 15:17 [ref: 22527] |
| Paul Strogen San Francisco, CA | A note on BuNo 131655. That aircraft became "Blue Eagle VI"
and belonged to OASUVX-8VXN-8 in the 1966-67 time frame. She was converted to fly missions in Viet Nam, broadcasting TV and radio to the US troops and Vietnamese civilians on the ground. I flew on this bird occasionally, however I was a regular crew member on "Blue Eagle II", BuNo 128444. Along with those two aircraft, we also flew "Blue Eagle I", BuNo 131627, a 'pure' radio aircraft out of DaNang and "Blue Eagle III", BuNo 131641. "Blue Eagle II, III and VI" were equiped with two commercial TV broadcast transmitters, an AM radio transmitter and a FM radio transmitter along with the supporting tape and film machines. Those aircraft also contains a small 'studio' where an AFRTS announcer worked during each evenings mission, augmenting the tape and film programs with 'live' news and commentary. The squadron designation changed 3 times in that period. Based at Pax River, we deployed crews to Viet Nam for 6-month stints with a total of 4 aircraft flying missions from Tan Son Nhut and DaNang. I made 2 deployments to Nam during my time with the squadron as well as a "deployment" to Lockheed Air Service at JFK for the overhaul of "Blue Eagle I". These days the missions we flew are being handled by Air Force Reserve C-130's designated "Commando Solo". Paul Strogen, former ET1(AC) OASUVX-8 07/30/2008 @ 11:32 [ref: 22297] |
| Bill Thomas Sarasota, FL | I flew as second radio on TE00 (131654) from 1962 through 1964. Does anyone know where 131654 ended up? It would be nice to talk to someone from that time period. 12/07/2007 @ 06:13 [ref: 18831] |
| Don Payton Cheyenne, WY | NEVER knew anybody associated with Connies to be bashful nor humble about the airplane or what it could do.
"Did I ever tell you about the time in Connie, when we ...." 08/03/2006 @ 18:22 [ref: 13799] |
| Joe Bradish Chesapeake, VA | To this day I'm still in love with the R7V/C-121J. Got my first and only exposure from 1969 to Janurary 1971 flying as a radio operator and maintenance electrican on BUNO 131659 out of NAS AGANA, Guam. Shared a hangar with VW-1 who had BUNO 131654 and If I remember right VQ-1 maintained BUNO 131655 at the time ot of ATSUGI. Flew many,many R&R flights throughout the far east and also many trips to Sydney taking R&R and Townsville Australia hauling VAP-61 maintenence crews. Flew with flight engineers Gary Oulman,J.R.Ward and a Chief Campbell. We made many trips to DaNang etc.,etc. Sometime still long for those days as they were lots of fun. Our second home was Sangley Point, PI. 01/12/2006 @ 15:40 [ref: 12132] |
| Allan Prevette Camarillo, CA | The R7V/C-121J was a fine machine. I was introduced to these beauties when I was a flight engineer in AEWBARRONPAC, 61-63. My next exposure was in 1971 when VQ-1 and VW-1 merged and BUNO 131654 came with the deal. Lots of memories of hauling squadron people and cargo, motorcycles and cars from Japan, porcelain elephants from Vietnam, furniture from Taiwan and painted label San Miguel beer from the Philippines. 02/10/2005 @ 16:35 [ref: 9413] |
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