Flew many a 141 from Misawa airbase to Yakuska and back in '79/81 on Space
A.  1st time I saw a 141 was on night guard duty at Ft. Dix   Thought the
guy was going to crash - he came in so steep at McGuire.

Wish I would have known about buses back then!  Would have some much better
camping trips!

Pete
'79 Westy "Aardvark"
'87 Westy "Joe's Van"
'02 Audi A6 Avant
WWW. Busesbythebeach.com

On 5/28/07, Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Where ever you are, there you be. Unless you're driving my van, in which
> case, you ain't got there yet.
>

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