The reason they stretched them was because they could. It was known as one
of the most overpowered airplanes in the AF inventory in the late 70's. They
could also land in a lot shorter field than a C-5 Galaxy.

Now the good thing to come out of the C-141B was the idea for Omar's stretch
Westy. I wouldn't call that overpowered though.

tim in san jose

On 5/28/07, Evan Mac Donald <macdonald1987@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@GMAIL.COM> wrote:    <SNIP>
>
> I would be surprised if there were still 4 in the cockpit these days. What
> would they all do? Ah yes, pinochle, AF style (double deck)
>
> <SNIP>
>
>   Sad to relate to all of you, but there are no longer any C-141s on
> active duty. Budget restraints, or some such. Same story for the the "G"
> model B-52s that I used to have under my care. Maybe it was politics
> involving the "new" C-17 Globemaster III for the C-141s. Kind of odd,
> though. Most of them got a big airframe and equipment update, then soon
> after were retired. Go figure.
>

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