Hagerstown Aviation Museum adding a C-123
Thu Dec 20, 2012 1:29 pm
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) – The Hagerstown Aviation Museum is trying to bring a 55-year-old Fairchild airplane back to the western Maryland city where it was made.
President John Seburn says the twin-engine, C-123 cargo plane was built sometime between 1954 and 1958.
He says the U.S. Treasury Department has accepted the museum's bid for the plane. Now the group needs to raise $70,000 to buy it and fly it back from Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Seburn says the acquisition would complete the museum's collection of the three military cargo planes that Fairchild produced.
The C-123 was used heavily during the Vietnam War to transport troops and supplies. It was also used for aerial spraying of herbicides, including Agent Orange. The federal government says the risk of exposure to Agent Orange residue is extremely low.
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Found it here:
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Why would the Treasury Dept have one? Confiscated Drug Runner perhaps?
Re: Hagerstown Aviation Museum adding a C-123
Thu Dec 20, 2012 2:20 pm
Kool! I hope they can raise the necessary funds to move it.
Re: Hagerstown Aviation Museum adding a C-123
Thu Dec 20, 2012 3:51 pm
This is good news. The Museum really needs a C-123 to go with the C-119 and C-82.
I was there about 4 years or so ago to see the C-119 arrive on its final flight, and hopefully I will be there to see the arrival of the C-123 when it comes in the future to join the collection.
The SAD thing about this is that it appears that just like the Flying Boxcar and the Packet, the Provider will be made ready for ONE last flight and then will become a static display forever. Really a shame these classic transports will not fly again at any air shows.
I was there about 4 years or so ago to see the C-119 arrive on its final flight, and hopefully I will be there to see the arrival of the C-123 when it comes in the future to join the collection.
The SAD thing about this is that it appears that just like the Flying Boxcar and the Packet, the Provider will be made ready for ONE last flight and then will become a static display forever. Really a shame these classic transports will not fly again at any air shows.
Re: Hagerstown Aviation Museum adding a C-123
Fri Dec 21, 2012 9:11 am
More info from ANN's Propwash:
N681 DG = 54-0681
N681DG is the C-123 Wally Fisk bought because it still had the Jet Engines. He put them on his other C-123 54-0603
Maryland Museum Plans C-123K Acquisition Effort 'Provider' Would Compliment The Museum's Collection Of Aircraft Built In
Hagerstown
The Hagerstown Aviation Museum is raising money in an effort to bring a
Fairchild C-123 Provider aircraft to the facility for permanent display. The
Fairchild company built the airplanes, along with the C-119 Flying Boxcar
and C-82 Packet in Hagerstown from 1954 to 1958.
The particular airplane to be acquired, which the museum website identifies
as N681DG, is currently in Fort Lauderdale, FL, according to a report from
radio station WTOP in Washington, DC. Based on the "N" number on the
museum's website, FAA records show that the plane is currently registered to
Fly High Holdings International LLC of Lewes, DE. However, the museum
reportedly approached the U.S. Treasury Department about purchasing the
airplane, which was approved. The model was extensively used during the
Vietnam war as a troop and supply transport aircraft with the ability to
operate from unimproved airfields.
According to the museum website, the airplane would be displayed beside
examples of the C-82 and C-119 already in its possession. Of the 19 aircraft
the museum owns, 13 were built in Hagerstown. The museum says its ongoing
mission is to preserve Hagerstown’s unique ninety-year aviation
heritage.
The museum has put out an appeal for the $70,000 it says it needs to acquire
the Provider and fly it from Florida to Maryland. The Hagerstown Aviation
Museum, Inc. is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization, making contributions
towards acquisition of the airplane tax deductible.
N681 DG = 54-0681
N681DG is the C-123 Wally Fisk bought because it still had the Jet Engines. He put them on his other C-123 54-0603
Re: Hagerstown Aviation Museum adding a C-123
Fri Dec 21, 2012 11:24 am
Does this collection of Fairchild aircraft sit outside at the museum or are they under cover?
Re: Hagerstown Aviation Museum adding a C-123
Fri Dec 21, 2012 11:26 am
Didnt both the C-82 and the C-119 come from Hawkins & Powers?
Re: Hagerstown Aviation Museum adding a C-123
Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:28 pm
Pat Carry wrote:Didnt both the C-82 and the C-119 come from Hawkins & Powers?
I believe they did.
Re: Hagerstown Aviation Museum adding a C-123
Sat Dec 29, 2012 9:37 pm
Pat Carry wrote:Does this collection of Fairchild aircraft sit outside at the museum or are they under cover?
The aircraft are inside. I got this "straight from the horses mouth" when we went to work on the TBM today at Hagerstown Air Services. They seemed pretty jazzed about the C-123 acquisition, too.
Re: Hagerstown Aviation Museum adding a C-123
Mon Dec 31, 2012 9:15 am
I think I have recent photos of this bird. Let me take a look and I'll post them if others want to see it.
Re: Hagerstown Aviation Museum adding a C-123
Mon Dec 31, 2012 9:19 am
The gentleman at Hagerstown Air Services said that Treasury would not tell them how or why they got the bird other than it definitely wasn't a drug seizure. I guess that leaves unpaid taxes as the other possibility?