C-123 on E-Pay........

[retroaviation]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... :B:EF:US:1

[Eric Friedebach]

I remember that one –

Really cool nose art!

[wendovertom]

I wonder how realistic it would be to operate this as a air show regular? It would make a really cool assault demo plane - short landing, hot drop off and short take off !

Tom P.

[gary]

Paging Sgt. Pilgrim.......isn't that your airplane?

[Brad]

Paging Sgt. Pilgrim.......isn't that your airplane?

She was...it breaks my heart to see her now!

[Warbird Kid]

Hope she gets sold to someone that has deep pockets. Well at least deep enough pockets to preserve her in flyable condition.

Are there many C-123's around? Could they be the next affordable multiengine warbird like the A-26?

[RNDMTRS4EVR]

The one I used to work on, was used for a couple movies and the owner decided to sell it . So last I heard it has moved to Alaska to haul freight . Was an awesome airplane to take to airshows, we would take along our Jeep in the back so we would have transportion around the airshow events. Also made a great RV!
Scott......

[a26invader]

There are a couple of Providers in Alaska, at least one is believed to be active hauling freight out of Delta Junktion, AK

http://www.oldwings.nl/content/ak77/ak77.htm

[Steve S]

Is this the same 123 that was at LSFM for a while?

[Randy Wilson]

Gary et al - while I was stationed at Ft. Greeley, AK in the early 1970s, just a few miles south of Delta Junction, we had one or more C-123s fly in and out - they may have been operated by the AKNG, not sure, but they had wheel-skis and three jets (one on top) in addition to the normal recip engines. Frankly, for a design originally developed as an engine-less glider, this was a strange sight and didn't seem to be a great performer. No disrespect meant. Just an observation.

Randy

[Jack Cook]

Frankly, for a design originally developed as an engine-less glider, this was a strange sight and didn't seem to be a great performer

But, good enough for a chap to earn the MOH in one in VN!!
http://www.medalofhonor.com/JoeMJackson.htm

[wendovertom]

I wonder if there are any photos of that particular plane flown when the MOH was earned are around. . .

Tom P.

[RNDMTRS4EVR]

The C-123 in Delta Junction, AK is the one we use to have. Sure was fun back in those days
Scott......

[K5DH]

The Provider at Delta Junction is N123K. She was based at Denton, Texas, for a while several years ago, "allegedly" doing contract work for Texas Instruments Defense Systems & Electronics Group as a flying test bed (that's only "hearsay", get it? ). I have some pics of her somewhere in my completely random, totally disorganized photo collection. I got my butt chewed by some line boy for taking photos of her (sitting completely out in the open at a public airfield with no "Keep Away" signs or anything else posted). For some reason, when I showed him my TI employee badge, he stopped yelling at me and said, "Oh, I'm sorry, sir. Have a nice day." . A few days later when I dropped by KDTO, I discovered that an 8 foot high chain-link fence with douple row barbed wire had magically sprung up all the way around the C-123, and all of the cabin windows had been covered over from the inside with what looked like brown paper grocery bags! Hmmm... I wonder why they did that? Anyway, she was looking very healthy and well-cared-for at that time. The finish was white and bare metal, no camouflage of any kind, and no markings other than the N123K on the vertical.

Cheers!

[Dave C]

Not that you can see the markings of the 123 but this article states this is the only known photo taken of a Medal of Honor action in progress.

Dave C in NJ

http://www.homeofheroes.com/wings/jacks ... eld_sm.jpg