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| Wings of Eagles Museum - Other Exhibits / 16 C-97 Flight Engineer's Position
Bill Maloney 11/10/2010 |
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A Boeing KC-97 and a C-97s at other aviation museums |
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| Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter at the Air Mobility Command Museum in Dover, DE | Boeing KC-97 Stratotanker at the US Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH |
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| Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter at the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, NY | |
Length: 110 feet, 4 inches
Wingspan: 141 feet, 3 inches
Height: 33 feet, 3 inch
Crew: 5
Weight: Empty - 70,000lbs Max Takeoff - 130,000lbs
Max Speed: 425mph
Cruise Speed: 350mph
Range: 4,300 miles
Service Ceiling: 30,000 feet
Fuel Capacity: 9,000 gallons
Load: 171,000lbs
Powerplant: Four Pratt & Whitney R4360-59B Radial Engines 3,500hp each, Two GE J-47 Turbojets 5,800lbs Thrust Each
First Flight : 1950
Cost: $
The interior of a Boeing C-97 can be toured at the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation Museum in Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, NY