Can't be much smaller than that of a C-121 (Lockheed Constellation). The
Air National Guard unit I was with back in Pennsylvania had the very last ones,
actually EC-121S (Super Connies with stacked R-3600's and Turbo-Boost). The
cockpit was so compact that your nose was almost pressed against the wind
screen.
When the very last one was flown away to Davis Monthan, they came back
over the runway at a low altitude in full METO power. It was early in the
morning and you could see the blue flames coming from the exhaust manifolds.
It was the very end of an era.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_EC-121_Warning_Star
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/193d_Special_Operations_Wing
>
>Yes, the shape is lovely, David. But get up close and have a look in
>the cockpit (tiny) through the windscreen (tiny) :-)
>
>>
>> Despite all of the drawbacks, she is such a beautiful lady for a war
>> machine (maybe that's just from a groundpounder perspective :) ).
>>
>> I also liked the F-111 and the Mirage III but their beauty is somewhat
>> different.
>>
>> The utilitarian sparseness of the AP-3 Orion in low-vis livery is
>> elegant, too. I will miss their comforting rumble when they are
>> replaced with P-8's soon.
>
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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