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    The Douglas C-74 Globemaster was a United States heavy-lift cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, California. The aircraft...
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    McDonnell Douglas. The C-17 carries forward the name of two previous piston-engined military cargo aircraft, the Douglas C-74 Globemaster and the Douglas C-124...
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    The Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, nicknamed "Old Shaky", is an American heavy-lift cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach,...
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  • Globemaster may refer to: Globemaster is the name of three separate airlifters, produced by Douglas Aircraft Company or its successors: Globemaster Air...
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  • AC-47 Spooky Douglas XCG-17 Douglas C-54 Skymaster (1942) Douglas C-74 Globemaster (1945) Douglas C-124 Globemaster II (1949) Douglas C-132 (1957, canceled)...
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    American World Airways requested a DC-7, a civil version of the Douglas C-74 Globemaster military transport. Pan Am soon canceled their order. That proposed...
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    (11,000 kilowatts) class. The T57 would be flight tested on a Douglas C-124 Globemaster II testbed aircraft. The USAF expected the T57 engine to be flown...
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    C-141, C-5, C-17 and KC-135 training. Introduced to replace slower propeller driven cargo planes such as the Douglas C-124 Globemaster II and Douglas...
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    Boeing Company (formerly McDonnell Douglas) maintains maintenance facilities for Boeing and McDonnell Douglas/Douglas aircraft (including the historic DC-9...
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    Skytrain and Douglas DC-3 Fairchild C-82 Packet Lockheed C-121A Constellation Douglas C-47 Skytrain Douglas C-74 Globemasters A Douglas C-54 Skymaster...
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  • Francillon, René J (1979). McDonnell Douglas Aircraft since 1920. London: Putnam. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-37000-050-3. Grey, C.G.; Bridgman, Leonard (1931). Jane's...
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    transport. The aircraft differed considerably from the C-74 Globemaster and C-124 Globemaster IIs that had preceded it. A high-mounted wing, external...
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  • 2013. The "Chinese" plane delivering the gold to Turin is a rare Douglas C-74 Globemaster, of which only 14 were built and only four passed into private...
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  • Skymaster Douglas C-58 Douglas C-67 Douglas C-68 Douglas C-68 Douglas C-74 Globemaster Douglas C-84 Douglas DC-2 Douglas DC-3 Douglas Dolphin Douglas R4D Douglas...
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    XBTC Curtiss XP-71 (not built) Douglas C-74 Globemaster Douglas C-124 Globemaster II Douglas XTB2D Skypirate Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar Fairchild XC-120...
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    C-46 Commando, 1942–1943 Douglas C-74 Globemaster, 1948–1955 Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, 1952–1965 Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, 1965–1970 Lockheed C-5...
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    smaller Lockheed C-141 Starlifter and the later Boeing C-17 Globemaster III. The C-5 is among the largest military aircraft in the world. The C-5 Galaxy's development...
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  • Douglas KC-10 Extender McDonnell Douglas C-17 Globemaster III (Design and early production) McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II with General Dynamics F/A-18E/F...
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    Military Aircraft since 1909. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. ISBN 978-0-87474-880-2. Douglas XCG-17. Further reading Bowers, Peter M.;...
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    with the closure of Morrison Field, Florida, the C-74 Globemaster project was moved to Brookley. The C-74 was, at the time, the largest military transport...
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    The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an American twin-engine, all-weather fighter aircraft designed by McDonnell Douglas (now part of Boeing). Following...
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    May 1953 Douglas C-47 Skytrain, 1948–1953 Douglas C-54 Skymaster, 1948–1953 Douglas C-74 Globemaster I, 1949-1951 Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, 1951-1953...
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    1972 Puerto Rico DC-7 crash (category Accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-7)
    Air Force major flying the Douglas C-124 Globemaster II on a transpacific route (possibly the Douglas C-74 Globemaster). Whether the Nicaraguan earthquake...
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  • little-known at the time. 5 August The second of 14 built, Douglas C-74 Globemaster 42-65403 (c/n 13914) crashed in Torrance, California when it lost a wing...
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  • improvements in American air defense capabilities. November 18 – A Douglas C-74 Globemaster carries 103 passengers and crew over the North Atlantic Ocean,...
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  • name "Coach") September 1 – Morane-Saulnier MS.560 September 5 – Douglas C-74 Globemaster September 12 – Northrop XP-79B Flying Ram September 25 – de Havilland...
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    entirely of propeller-driven aircraft such as the piston-powered Douglas C-124 Globemaster II and C-133 Cargomaster turboprop. While capable of carrying large...
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    Boeing YC-14 (redirect from Boeing C-14)
    Kennedy, Betty R. Globemaster III: Acquiring the C-17, Air Mobility Command Office of History, 2004. Norton, Bill. Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, North Branch...
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    The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) AV-8B Harrier II is a single-engine ground-attack aircraft that constitutes the second generation of the Harrier family...
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    The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet is an all-weather supersonic, twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole combat aircraft, designed as both a fighter...
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