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Navigating the C-124 Globemaster : in the cockpit of America's first strategic heavy-lift aircraft /

The C-124 Globemaster, a U.S. military heavy-lift transport in service 1950 through 1974, barreling down a runway was an awesome sight. The aircraft's four 3800 HP piston engines (the largest ever mass-produced), mounted on its 174-foot wingspan, could carry a 69,000-pound payload of tanks, art...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Higgins, Billy D., 1938- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
Subjects:
Higgins, Billy D., > 1938-
C-124 (Transport plane) > History > 20th century.
Flight navigators, Military > United States > Biography.
Transport planes > United States > History > 20th century.
Aeronautics, Military > United States > History > 20th century.
Cold War > Personal narratives, American.

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