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FSX68
February 2nd, 2013, 05:43
Another rare VHS tape appears after nearly three decades sitting in a cabinet somewhere. Apparently the video was shot and narrated by a gentleman named Larry Rengstorf in the fall of 1983.

Following 10 years sitting in "the old aircraft field," a year of active maintenance, and the purchase of five Pratt-Whitney R-4360s engines, this rare Douglas C-124 Globemaster II is readied for a ferry flight across the country back in 1983. The aircraft now resides at the Jimmy Doolittle Museum at Travis AFB, California.


http://youtu.be/2K44L3KmoBU

Jagdflieger
February 2nd, 2013, 12:58
Interesting how the ramps extend through the front clam shell doors.

I've transited through Travis AFB a few times coming home from overseas, but I've never been to the museum there. If I ever get down that way again I'll have to put it on the itinerary.