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The history of military air transport to date has been incomplete. Lacking is the document legacy of two relatively unknown Douglas transports, the reciprocating engined Globemaster I and II. These propeller driven aircraft set the benchmark for the heavy lift transport's that are currently in operation in both civilian and military service. Lost in history is the fact that Globemaster I was the first truly heavy lift transport to enter military service. Its offspring, the Globemaster II, for over twenty years performed yeoman's work in supporting for US and its allies; it has also made possible humanitarian relief to the world at large.
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I'm the son of a former C-124 pilot and have always been interested inthe plane. Despite providing a quarter-century of service with the USAF, it seems to have been forgotten my many historians. This book fills some of that void.
What I like about the book are personal accounts of crewing a C-124. Some of the author's experiences are intersperced with sections straight out of technical orders or the Pilot Operating Handbook...giving the book an rather odd flow and mix of writing styles.
More photos would have been welcome, and some of the ones used are snapshots taken by the author, so the quality isn't always the best. Still, there are other sources for C-124 photos, hopefully a serious C-124 rersearcher wil have access to those sources.
Tambini attemps to give a summary of serious mishaps but for some reason he only begins his list in 1956, several years after the type entered service and after two deadly crashes each of which were the world's worst aircraft crshes up to that time. A summary of accidents without including those well-publicized mishaps is very odd.
Overall, a good book, a welcome addition to the literature on the C-124 series. The personal stories are interesting but the book is somewhat of a letdown terms of a technical history of the type.
I bought this book from amazon several years ago.
Being a former Flight Engineer on "Old Shakey" in the 60's and then moving on to the C-141 and the C-5. This book has the center point on my book shelf so I can show that this aircraft was a true "Heavy Airlifter" with no comforts, that jet age brought.
Think about going on an air drop in South Carolina at tree top level in July or August.
100+ degrees, no A/C and the seat belt and shoulder harness as tight as you can get it.
This author does a good job describing "Old Shakey". I think that it would be particularly intersting to former crew members, especially those who flew both the C-74 and the C-124. As the Author states, the C-17 was relatively new when the book was written. The book is written from the perspective of a Pacific Division crew member but most of it is quite relevant to the Atlantic. I highly recommend this book.
I was hoping for more about the C-74. Most of the book is dedicated to the C-124. There were only a handful of pictures of the C-74. My Dad had flown this plane out of Brookley and I was looking forward to more pictures I guess.
I love this book! But let me quickly add that I was a line mechanic assigned to the 904 CAMS during the general era that Sgt. Tambini was flying with the 336th, and I also hold Airframe & Powerplant licenses. It is the mechanical systems that interest me. Shaky was a fun airplane to work on. Big, robust, large pieces that could tolerate young airmen wrenching on them. "A reader's" review below is correct: "[the book is almost] devoid of the bird's flying characteristics (note: Shaky's glide ratio resembed a rock) , navigation and communication systems" but there are other books that provide such info. Perhaps Berlin's book would provide more of that. If you want to see what it was like to "work around" this great airplane, this book will give the flavor of the task. I would give a great amount to be back on the flightline at Hamilton on a 25 degree morning listening to the engineer try to coax the 4360s to life for a flight. Coughing, sputtering, clattering, clouds of oil smoke, and then it finally came to life. Radial engines offer a symphony of sensations that contemporary aircraft cannot provide.
One of the interesting sections is a list of all the the "mishaps" that affected Shaky over the years. Suffice it so say that 1958 was not a good year.
Here's a joke from the era. "How would you describe a 124, airman?"... "Ten-thousand rivets flying in loose formation...."
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