Goleta Air and Space Museum: Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter/Stratotanker (original) (raw)
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Boeing C-97 Stratofreighters and Stratotankers were still flying with the Arizona Air Guard when I was growing up in Phoenix in the 1970s. There were many C-97s stored at the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center (MASDC) at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. Several examples were retired to museums in the 1980s.
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](19710116 Davis-Monthan/1971116 MASDC 71006 KC-97G 53-0172 right side l.jpg) KC-97G Stratotanker 53-0172 in storage at MASDC on January 16, 1971. Its construction number is 16954. It was converted to a KC-97L and returned to service on June 18, 1971. It was later transferrred to the Spanish Air Force.
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](19710116 Davis-Monthan/19710116 MASDC 71038 C-97G 53-0236 53-0294 Richard Lockett l.jpg) C-97G Stratofreighters 53-0236 and 53-0294 in storage at MASDC on January 16, 1971 They were built as KC-97G Stratotankers. The construction number of 53-0236 is 17018 and it was retired to MASDC on April 29, 1968. The construction number of 53-0294 is 17018 and it was retired to MASDC on July 23, 1970.
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](19720424 MASDC/19720424 MASDC 72205 HC-97G 52-2714 303ARRS left front C-97G 52-2759 right rear l.jpg) Search and rescue HC-97G 52-2714 of the 303rd ARRS in storage at MASDC on April 24, 1972. Its construction number is 16745. It was built as a KC-97G Stratotanker. It was retired to MASDC as CH0517 on April 14, 1972, ten days before this picture was taken.
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](19730727 Williams/19730727 Williams 73226 KC-97L 53-0244 AZANG left rear l.jpg) Arizona Air Guard KC-97L 53-0244 on static display at the Williams Air Force Base airshow on July 27, 1973. Its construction number is 17026. It later entered the U.S. civil registry as N4236C and was then exported to Agro Air of Santo Domingo as HI-468CA. It remained operational until at least 1990 and was scrapped at Miami by BMI in 1993.
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](19731110 PHX/19731110 PHX 73298 KC-97L 53-0200 AZANG right front landing l.jpg) Arizona Air Guard KC-97L 53-0200 on approach to land at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix on November 10, 1973. Its construction number is 16982 and was built as a KC-97G. It had been retired to MASDC as CH0188 on April 16, 1965. It was converted to a KC-97L and returned to service on March 5, 1970. The cockpit of this Stratotanker survives on display at the WW-II Flying Museum at Gillespie Field, California
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](19731112 MASDC/19731112 MASDC 73303 HC-97G 53-0173 305ARRS left front l.jpg) Search and rescue HC-97G 53-0173 of the 305th ARRS in storage at MASDC on November 12, 1973. Its construction number is 16955. It was built as a KC-97G Stratotanker. It was retired to MASDC as CH0527 on June 23, 1972.
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](19731112 Tucson/19731112 Tucson 73335 B-377-10-30 N74603 Northwest right rear l.jpg) Former Northwest Airlines Boeing 377-10-30 N74603 at Tucson International Airport on November 12, 1973. It was delivered to Northwest as Stratocruiser Chicago on August 28, 1949. It was later renamed Stratocruiser Newark. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation bought it on December 29, 1959. Lee Mansdorf and Company of Sun Valley, California bought it and sold it to Aero Spacelines in 1963. It was stored at Mojave before it flew to Tucson where it was scrapped.
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](19740331 Pima Air Museum/19740331 Pima Air Museum 74026 KC-97G 53-0151 left front l.jpg) KC-97G 53-0151 on display in the Pima County Air Museum on March 31, 1974. Its construction number is 16933. It was retired to MASDC on November 3, 1965.
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](19740331 Pima Air Museum/19740331 Pima Air Museum 74064 KC-97G 53-0151 left side l.jpg) KC-97G 53-0151 on display in the Pima County Air Museum on March 31, 1974.
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](19740331 Pima Air Museum/19740331 Pima Air Museum 74035 C-97G HB-ILY 52-2626 International Red Cross right rear l.jpg) C-97G HB-ILY on display in the Pima County Air Museum on March 31, 1974. It was delivered to the Air Force as 52-2626. Its construction number is 16657. It was built as a KC-97G Stratotanker. It was leased to Baliar of Switzerland and served in the Biafran airlift in 1969 - 1970. It was retired to MASDC as CH0439 on March 9, 1970.
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](19740413 Long Beach/19740413 Lon Beach 74138-39 C-97G N22766 52-2766 Foundation for Airborne Relief left side l.jpg) Foundation for Airborne Relief (FAR) Douglas C-133A Cargomaster and two C-97G Stratofreighters at Long Beach Airport on April 13, 1974. The C-97G in the foreground, N22766, was delivered to the Air Force as 52-2766. It was built as a KC-97G Stratotanker, and its construction number is 16797. It was retired to MASDC on April 29, 1970. The C-97G in the background N227AR, was delivered to the Air Force as 52-2764. It was built as a KC-97G Stratotanker, and its construction number is 16795. It was retired to MASDC on April 8, 1970.
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](19740413 Long Beach/19470413 Long Beach 74151 C-97G N22766 52-2766 Foundation for Airborne Relief left side l.jpg) FAR C-97G N2766 at Long Beach Airport on April 13, 1974.
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](19741114 PHX/19741114 PHX 74302 C-97G 52-0924 AZANG left side l.jpg) Arizona Air Guard C-97G 52-0924 at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix on November 14, 1974. It was built as a KC-97G Stratotanker, and its construction number is 16618.
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](19741114 PHX/19741114 PHX 74303 KC-97L 52-2761 AZANG left side l.jpg) Arizona Air Guard KC-97L 52-2761 at Sky Harbor on November 14, 1974. It was built as a KC-97G Stratotanker, and its construction number is 16792. It was registered as N29862 by Hawkins Powers Aviation of Greybull, Wyoming. It has been sold to B&G Industries LLC of Greybull, Wyoming.
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](19741207 PHX/19741207 PHX 74304 KC-97L 53-0200 AZANG left rear l.jpg) Arizona Air Guard KC-97L 53-0200 at Sky Harbor on December 7, 1974.
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](19741207 PHX/19741207 PHX 74305 KC-97L 52-2696 AZANG right front l.jpg) Arizona Air Guard KC-97L 52-2696 at Sky Harbor on December 7, 1974. It was built as a KC-97G Stratotanker, and its construction number is 17025. Note the TWA Lockheed L-1011 and American Boeing 707s on the left side of the picture.
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](19741207 PHX/19741207 PHX 74314 KC-97L 53-0200 AZANG right rear l.jpg) Arizona Air Guard KC-97L 53-0200 at Sky Harbor on December 7, 1974.
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](19741207 PHX/19741207 PHX 74335 KC-97L 53-0243 AZANG left side l.jpg) Arizona Air Guard KC-97L 53-0243 at Sky Harbor on December 7, 1974. It was built as a KC-97G Stratotanker, and its construction number is 16727. Its nose is on display in the Udvar-Hazy Center of the Nationbal Air and Space Museum.
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](19750208 PHX/19750208 PHX 75051 KC-97L AZANG rear in flight l.jpg) Arizona Air Guard KC-97L departing from Sky Harbor on February 8, 1975.
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](19750316 Davis-Monthan/19750316 Davis-Monthan 75106 EC-97G 53-0106 right front l.jpg) EC-97G 53-0106 on static display at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base airshow on March 16, 1975, shortly after its retirement. Its construction number is 16888. It was modified to fly cold-war ELINT missions over East Germany in the Berlin air corridor. It carries an extra bulge under the fuselage between the main landing gear.
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](19750316 Davis-Monthan/19750316 Davis-Monthan 75107 EC-97G 53-0106 right rear l.jpg) EC-97G 53-0106 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on March 16, 1975.
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](19750316 Davis-Monthan/19750316 Davis-Monthan 75108 EC-97G 53-0106 front l.jpg) EC-97G 53-0106 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on March 16, 1975.
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](197505 PHX/197505 PHX C-97G 52-0923 front in flight l.jpg) C-97G 52-0923 departing from Sky Harbor in May 1975. It was built as a KC-97G Stratotanker, and its construction number is 16617. It was retired to MASDC a little over a month later on June 30, 1975.
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](19791218 MASDC/19791218 AMARC 23 EC-07G 53-0106 left rear l.jpg) EC-97G 53-0106 (seen above in 1975) in a partially disassembled state at MASDC on December 18, 1979.
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](19791218 MASDC/19791218 AMARC 24 C-07G 52-2687 left rear C-97G 53-0306 right front l.jpg) EC-97Gs 52-2687 and 53-0306 in a partially disassembled state at MASDC on December 18, 1979. They were built as KC-97G Stratotankers. The construction number of 52-2687 is 16718. It was modified for photo-reconnaissance with a 20-foor focal length Big Bertha camera. The construction number of 53-0306 is 17088.
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](19791218 MASDC/19791218 AMARC 37 KC-97L 52-0839 53-0287 Utah ANG right front l.jpg) Utah Air Guard KC-97Ls 52-0839, 53-0287, and others in storage at MASDC on December 18, 1979. They were built as KC-97G Stratotankers. The construction number of 52-0839 is 16533. The construction number of 53-0287 is 17069.
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](19791218 Pima Air Museum/19791218 Pima Air Musuem 02 C-97G HB-ILY 52-2626 International Red Cross left side l.jpg) Balair C-97G HB-ILY on display in the Pima Air Museum on December 18, 1979. Its vertical stabilizer has been replaced with the stabilizer from Illinois Air National Guard C-97G 52-2759, which was retired to MASDC as CH507 on July 7, 1971.
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](19791218 Pima Air Museum/19791218 Pima Air Musuem 23 C-97G HB-ILY 52-2626 International Red Cross right front l.jpg) Balair C-97G HB-ILY on display in the Pima Air Museum on December 18, 1979.
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](19791218 Pima Air Museum/19791218 Pima Air Musuem 25 KC-97G 53-0151 right rear l.jpg) KC-97G 53-0151 on display in the Pima Air Museum on December 18, 1979.
The nose section of a C-97 in the Aero Spacelines hangar at the Santa Barbara Airport on October 12, 1980. It was delivered to Airbus for incorporation into a Super Guppy 201. An Aeromaritime Super Guppy 201 came to Santa Barbara to pick up the components.
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](19801102 March/19801102 March 16 KC-97G 53-0363 left side l.jpg) Texas Air Guard KC-97G 53-0363 on static display at the March Air Force Base airshow on November 2 1980, shortly after its retirement. Its construction number is 17145. It became part of the collection of the March Field Museum.
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](19801102 March/19801102 March 18 KC-97G 53-0363 left side tail l.jpg) KC-97G 53-0363 on static display at the March Air Force Base airshow on November 2 1980.
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](19801102 March/19801102 March 36 KC-97G 53-0363 front l.jpg) KC-97G 53-0363 on static display at the March Air Force Base airshow on November 2 1980.
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](19811031 Beale/19811031 Beale 05 KC-97L 53-0230 right front l.jpg) Tennessee Air National Guard KC-97L 53-0230 on static display at the Beale Air Force Base airshow on October 31, 1981, shortly after its retirement. It was built as a KC-97G Stratotanker, and its construction number is 17012. It later went on display near the flightline at Beale Air Force Base.
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](19811031 Beale/19811031 Beale 5 Richard Lockett KC-97L 53-0230 left front l.jpg) Tennessee Air National Guard KC-97L 53-0230 on static display at the Beale Air Force Base airshow. Photogapher: Richard Lockett
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](19811031 Beale/19811031 Beale 07 KC-97L 53-0230 left side tail l.jpg) Tennessee Air National Guard KC-97L 53-0230 on static display at the Beale Air Force Base airshow.
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](19811031 Beale/19811031 Beale 06 KC-97L 53-0230 left side l.jpg) Tennessee Air National Guard KC-97L 53-0230 on static display at the Beale Air Force Base airshow.
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](19811031 Beale/19811031 Beale 08 KC-97L 53-0230 left side tail l.jpg) Tennessee Air National Guard KC-97L 53-0230 on static display at the Beale Air Force Base airshow.
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](19811031 Beale/19811031 Beale 09 KC-97L 53-0230 left rear l.jpg) Tennessee Air National Guard KC-97L 53-0230 on static display at the Beale Air Force Base airshow.
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](19811230 MASDC/19811230 MASDC 08 KC-97L 52-0869 52-0883 52-0604 52-0605 left side l.jpg) Air National Guard KC-97Ls 52-0869, 52-0883, 52-2604, 52-2605, and others in storage at MASDC on December 30, 1981. Their construction numbers are 16563, 16577, 16635, and 16636, respectively. Stratolift Incorporated of Anchorage, Alaska registered 52-0883 as N39178 on July 12, 1988. DMI of Tucson registered 52-2604 as N97GX on August 11, 1986. It was sighted in their storage yard in 2000.
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](19841219 Davis-Monthan AFB/19841219 MASDC 84548 KC-97L 52-2615 Utah ANG right side l.jpg) Utah Air Guard KC-97L 52-2615 in storage at MASDC on December 19, 1984. Its construction number is 16646.
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](19861124 Pima Air Museum/19861124 Pima Air Museum 861375 KC-97G 53-0151 right side l.jpg) KC-97G 53-0151 on display in the Pima Air Museum on November 24, 1986.
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](198709 March/198709 March 870386 KC-97G 53-0363 Texas ANG left side l.jpg) Texas Air Guard KC-97G 53-0363 on display in the March Air Force Base Museum in September 1987 when it was still on the flightline.
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](198709 March/198709 March 870387 KC-97G 53-0363 Texas ANG left side nose l.jpg) KC-97G 53-0363 on display at March Air Force Base in September 1987.
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](19880416 China Lake/19880416 China Lake 880099 C-97K 52-2669 left rear l.jpg) U.S. Navy C-97K 52-2669 at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake on April 16, 1988. It was built as a KC-97G Stratotanker, and its construction number is 16700. The Navy used it to simulate carrier deck wind conditions for aircraft firefighting practice. Its wings outboard of the engines were removed.
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](19891014 Beale/19891014 Beale 892896 KC-97L 53-0230 front l.jpg) KC-97L 53-0230 on display at Beale Air Force Base on October 14, 1989.
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](19891014 Beale/19891014 Beale 892898 KC-97L 53-0230 left front l.jpg) KC-97L 53-0230 on display at Beale Air Force Base on October 14, 1989.
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](19891014 Beale/19891014 Beale 892899 KC-97L 53-0230 left side l.jpg) KC-97L 53-0230 on display at Beale Air Force Base on October 14, 1989. After the Beale Air Museum closed, it was disassembled and flown to the Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware in a Lockheed C-5 Galaxy in 2001. It has been reassembled and is on display.
Aero Pacifico C-97G XA-PII parked at Tucson International Airport on November 27, 1991. It was delivered to the Air Force as 53-3816. It was retired to MASDC on December 17, 1965. It was converted to a KC-97L and returned to service on March 26, 1970. Aero Pacifico used it to transport products for the Bimbo Bread Corporation. It was scrapped in 2002.
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](19911127 Tucson International/19911127 Tucson 912555 C-97 XA-PII La Paz 53-3816 right front l.jpg) C-97G XA-PII parked at Tucson International Airport on November 27, 1991.
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](19920917 Castle Museum/19920917 Castle 920908 KC-97L 53-0354 left side l.jpg) KC-97L 53-0354 on display at the Castle Air Force Base Museum on September 17, 1992. It was built as a KC-97G Stratotanker, and its construction number is 17138.
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](19920917 Castle Museum/19920917 Castle 920909 KC-97L 53-0354 left front l.jpg) KC-97L 53-0354 on display at the Castle Air Force Base Museum on September 17, 1992.
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](19950630 Fox/19950630 Fox 18 KC-97L 53-0272 right front l.jpg) California Air Guard KC-97G 53-0272 on display at Fox Field near Lancaster on June 30, 1995. It was built as a KC-97G Stratotanker, and its Boeing construction number is 17054. It is part of the collection of the Milestones of Flight Museum.
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](19950630 Fox/19950630 Fox 16 KC-97L 53-0272 left front l.jpg) KC-97G 53-0272 on display at Fox Field on June 30, 1995.
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](19950630 Fox/19950630 Fox 15 KC-97L 53-0272 left side l.jpg) KC-97G 53-0272 on display at Fox Field on June 30, 1995.
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](19960615 Fox/19960615 Fox 18 KC-97L 53-0272 left side l.jpg) KC-97G 53-0272 on display at Fox Field on June 15, 1996.
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](19960615 Fox/19960615 Fox 19 KC-97L 53-0272 left side nose l.jpg) KC-97G 53-0272 on display at Fox Field on June 15, 1996.
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](19960615 Fox/19960615 Fox 20 KC-97L 53-0272 left front l.jpg) KC-97G 53-0272 on display at Fox Field on June 15, 1996.
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](119960615 Fox/19960615 Fox 21 KC-97L 53-0272 front l.jpg) KC-97G 53-0272 on display at Fox Field on June 15, 1996.
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](Doug Scroggins/KC-97 53-0317 Scroggins Aviation l.jpg) KC-97G 53-0317 c/n 17099 was disassembled at the Stockton Airport in 2001 by Scroggins Aviation. The tail, wings, landing gear, and engines were salvaged for the potential restoration of B-50A Superfortress 46-0010 Lucky Lady II. The fuselage of Lucky Lady II is displayed at the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino, California. Most of the components of KC-97G 53-0317 are stored at the Planes of Fame Museum East at the Valle-Wi9lliams Airport in Arizona. Photo copyright Scroggins Aviation
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](Doug Scroggins/KC-97 53-0317 nose section l.jpg) The cockppit section of KC-97G 53-0317 remained at the Mojave Airport and was used as a field office by Scroggins Aviation while they disassembled commercial jetliners. Today the cockpit is not being used and is currently stored at Mojave. It is seen here in 2007. Photo copyright Scroggins Aviation
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](20020526 Castle Museum/20020526 Castle Air Museum 2 23 KC-97L 53-0354 right front l.jpg) KC-97L 53-0354 on display at the Castle Air Museum on May 26, 2002.
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](20020526 Castle Museum/20020526 Castle Air Museum 3 11 KC-97L 53-0354 interior pilot station l.jpg) The pilot's station of KC-97L 53-0354 at the Castle Air Museum on May 26, 2002.
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](20020526 Castle Museum/20020526 Castle Air Museum 3 12 KC-97L 53-0354 interior flight controls l.jpg) Flight controls of KC-97L 53-0354 at the Castle Air Museum on May 26, 2002.
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](20020526 Castle Museum/20020526 Castle Air Museum 3 14 KC-97L 53-0354 interior co-pilot station l.jpg) Co-pilot's station of KC-97L 53-0354 at the Castle Air Museum on May 26, 2002.
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](20020526 Castle Museum/20020526 Castle Air Museum 3 15 KC-97L 53-0354 interior flight controls l.jpg) Co-pilot's station of KC-97L 53-0354 at the Castle Air Museum on May 26, 2002.
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](20020526 Castle Museum/20020526 Castle Air Museum 3 13 KC-97L 53-0354 interior flight engineer station l.jpg) Flight Engineer's station of KC-97L 53-0354 at the Castle Air Museum on May 26, 2002.
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](20020526 Castle Museum/20020526 Castle Air Museum 3 10 KC-97L 53-0354 interior flight engineer station l.jpg) Flight Engineer's station of KC-97L 53-0354 at the Castle Air Museum on May 26, 2002.
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](20020526 Castle Museum/20020526 Castle Air Museum 3 08 KC-97L 53-0354 interior navigator station l.jpg) Navigator's station of KC-97L 53-0354 at the Castle Air Museum on May 26, 2002.
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](20020526 Castle Museum/20020526 Castle Air Museum 3 07 KC-97L 53-0354 interior Cargo Hoist Instructions l.jpg) Cargo hoist instructions on the forward bulkhead of the payload bay of KC-97L 53-0354 at the Castle Air Museum on May 26, 2002.
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](20020526 Castle Museum/20020526 Castle Air Museum 3 16 KC-97L 53-0354 interior payload bay l.jpg) Fuel tanks line the left side of the payload bay of KC-97L 53-0354 at the Castle Air Museum on May 26, 2002.
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](20020526 Castle Museum/20020526 Castle Air Museum 3 03 KC-97L 53-0354 interior aft l.jpg) Boom operator's station of KC-97L 53-0354 at the Castle Air Museum on May 26, 2002.
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](20031018 Miramar/20031018 Miramar PICT0085 KC-97L cockpit 53-0200 Gillespie Museum right front l.jpg) Cockpit of KC-97L 53-0200 from the WW-II Flying Museum at Gillespie at the MCAS Miramar Airshow on October 18, 2003. This Stratotanker is seen above, landing at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix on November 10, 1973.
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](20040620 Fox Field/20040620 Fox Field DSC%5F1279 KC-97G 53-0272 left front l.jpg) KC-97G 53-0272 at Fox Field on June 20, 2004.
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](20040620 Fox Field/20040620 Fox Field DSC%5F1277 KC-97G 53-0272 left side l.jpg) KC-97G 53-0272 at Fox Field on June 20, 2004.
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](20041115 Fox/20041115 Fox DSC%5F6005 KC-97G 53-0272 right front l.jpg) KC-97G 53-0272 at Fox Field on November 15, 2004.
KC-97G 53-0272 at Fox Field on November 16, 2004.
KC-97G 53-0363 at the March Field Museum on March 23, 2005.
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](20050323 March/20050323 March DSC%5F7839 KC-97G 53-0363 left side l.jpg) KC-97G 53-0363 at the March Field Museum on March 23, 2005.
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](20050323 March/20050323 March DSC%5F7840 KC-97G 53-0363 left front l.jpg) KC-97G 53-0363 at the March Field Museum on March 23, 2005.
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](20050926 Pima Air Museum/20050926 Pima Air Museum DSC%5F0821 C-97G HB-ILY 52-2626 right front l.jpg) C-97G HB-ILY on display in the Pima Air Museum on September 25, 2005.
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](20050926 Pima Air Museum/20050926 Pima Air Museum DSC%5F0814 KC-97G 53-0151 right front l.jpg) KC-97G 53-0151 on display in the Pima Air Museum on September 25, 2005.
KC-97G 53-0272 at Fox Field on October 25, 2006.
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Arizona Air Guard KC-97L 53-0200 at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix on November 10, 1973
Arizona Air Guard KC-97L 53-0200 at Sky Harbor on December 7, 1974
Arizona Air Guard KC-97L 52-2761 at Sky Harbor on November 14, 1974
Arizona Air Guard C-97G 52-0924 at Sky Harbor on November 14, 1974
Arizona Air Guard KC-97L 52-2696 at Sky Harbor on December 7, 1974
Arizona Air Guard KC-97L at Sky Harbor on February 8, 1975
EC-97G 53-0106 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on March 16, 1975
Arizona Air Guard C-97G 52-0923 at Sky Harbor in May 1975
Utah Air Guard KC-97Ls 52-0839, 53-0287, and others at MASDC on December 18, 1979
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| First Flight | Wing Span | Length | Wing Area | Gross Weight | Engines | |
| Bristol Brabazon | 1949 | 230ft,00in | 177ft,00in | 5,317 | 290,000 | 8 x 2,650hp Bristol Centaurus |
| Hughes Flying Boat (Spruce Goose) | 1947 | 320ft,00in | 218ft,06in | 11,430 | 300,000 | 8 x 3,500hp R4360 |
| Convair XC-99 | 1947 | 230ft,00in | 185ft,00in | 4,772 | 320,000 | 6 x 3,500hp R4360 |
| Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing | 1947 | 172ft,00in | 53ft,01in | 4,000 | 194,000 | 8 x 3,700 lb J-35 |
| Convair B-36 | 1946 | 230ft,00in | 162ft,01in | 4,772 | 370,000 | 6 x 3,500hp R4360, 4 x 5,200 lb J-47 |
| Lockheed R6V Constitution | 1946 | 189ft,01in | 156ft,01in | 3,610 | 184,000 | 4 x 3,000hp R4360 |
| Douglas DC-6 | 1946 | 117ft,06in | 100ft,07in | 1,463 | 97,200 | 4 x 2,100 hp R2800 |
| Douglas C-74 Globemaster | 1945 | 173ft,03in | 124ft,02in | 2,506 | 145,000 | 4 x 3,000hp R4360 |
| Blohm und Voss BV-238 | 1945 | 197ft,05in | 142ft,8in | 3,930 | 176,400 | 6 x BMW 801 |
| Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter/Stratotanker | 1945 | 141ft,03in | 110ft,04in | 1,738 | 120,000 | 4 x 3,000hp R4360 |
| Lockheed 049 Constellation | 1943 | 123ft,00in | 95ft,02in | 1,650 | 86,200 | 4 x 2,000 hp R3350 |
| Martin JRM Mars | 1942 | 200ft,00in | 117ft,00in | 3,683 | 144,000 | 4 x 2,000 hp R3350 |
| Douglas DC-4 | 1942 | 117ft,06in | 93ft,10in | 1,460 | 73,000 | 4 x 1,350 hp R2000 |
| Douglas XB-19 | 1941 | 212ft,00in | 132ft,00in | 4,492 | 164,000 | 4 x 2,000 hp R3350 |
| Tupolev Ant-20bis | 1940 | 206ft,08in | 111ft,11in | 5,231 | 99,200 | 6 x 1,200 hp M-34FRNV |
| Blohm und Voss BV-222 | 1940 | 150ft,11in | 120ft | 2,744 | 108,000 | 6 x 1,000 hp BMW-Bramo Fafnir 323R |
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