C-133 At Tucson Airport

[JBoyle]

Air Enthusiast March/April 2004 had the first decent history of the type I've come across.

50 built, 8 flying losses...not an impressive record, I'm afarid. But remember, Douglas was pushing the edge of turboprop technology. I'm not sure if the large Russian turboprops were any better.

Does anyone know if any planes are in hand to preserve the flying example in Alaska? I bet an AMC-base museum would like one...and it would be easier to fly it in than truck one from Mojave.

[APG85]

Only 50 built!?! That seems like a pretty low number for a production run.....

[RareBear]

I recall when I was in high school in Orlando in the early 1960's seeing the C-133's flying overhead heading to Cape Canaveral with Atlas missiles. I also recall reading somewhere that the length and diameter of the Atlas missile was one of the design parameters of the C-133. It was built with that purpose in mind.

Walt

[quinch]

The C-133 suffered from excessive vibration caused by un-synchronized props that were too close together and spinning at too high an RPM.

There is a surviving example at Chanute, but it is in poor condition. Last I saw it, it was sitting on collapsed right side main gear.