Aerotime

JANUARY 15, 2025

Sporting tail numbers 28000 and 29000, the VC-25As have been transporting heads of state for the US since 1987. Aircraft are designed to lift efficiently, so by taking the rocket to a higher altitude, satellite launch could be achieved with lower fuel consumption (and lower cost). But in 1989, the SCA got a sister.

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Cargo Ferry Flight Tail Horizontal Stabilizer 268

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 14, 2024

A young Art Lacey before the ferry flight. Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 44-85790 is being prepared for the lift on top of the gas station. Credit: B-17 Alliance Foundation Now accompanied by friends Bob Sturges and George Fuller, Lacey and his companions would set off with 44-85790 for Portland on March 8, 1947.

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Airplanes Cockpit Pilot Runway 119

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 12, 2024

The C-47 also had an astrodome positioned in the cabin roof, strengthened floor components, a double cargo door and a shortened tail-cone for glider-towing shackles, all of which the C-49 did not have. In January 2017, it was cleared for a maintenance ferry flight from Frederick to Tulsa. Saturday was a different story.

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Cargo Hangar Ferry Flight Weather 116