New photo of 65-0246 Wing Damage

Mark Wilson unearthed a couple of photographs of the wing damage that occurred to 65-0246 when it ran into a light pole at Travis during a night taxi accident. They can be seen on the 65-0246 page.

First Flight Anniversary

Dave Grant pointed out that today is the 41^st anniversary of the C-141's FIRST FLIGHT.

Near Miss Story

A new "Tall-Tail" about a Near Miss has been posted. You can read it at this link.

C-141 Sound Clips

Mark Wilson sent in a link to a site he hosts that has some sound clips of C-141 related activity at Travis. You can hear them at this link.

Accidents Happen in Threes

It has nothing whatsoever to do with the C-141, but I thought you might enjoy it anyway. Check out this link for a set of very interesting pictures.

Operation Homecoming Missions List

Dave Grant sent a list of these missions. See this link for details. .

Little Tid-Bit of Additional Info on 64-0644

Dan McKeever sent in a little snippet of information about what caused this aircraft to meet its fate. .

Crash Wreckage Recovery Photos

Les Crosby sent in photos of the recovered wreckage of 64-0641, which crashed in the Olympic Mountains near Seattle in 1975. The photos are near the bottom of the 64-0641 page. I am still searching for a photo of this aircraft before it was destroyed. .

Patches Pages Reorganized

I've been getting a bunch of new patches and related material. It was starting to get too large to have on a single page so they are all reorganized for easier viewing. Check this link for the new index page. If you have more, please contact me via email .

FTP Uploads Now Possible

I now have a way to set up FTP accounts so you can upload files directly to C141Heaven.com If you have a bunch of things you want to upload and are having trouble sending them via email at c141heaven@gmail.com contact me so I can provide you with a user account and password. Instructions for download and setup of WS_FTP are at this link. You can use this free FTP client if you don't have one, or you can use any other FTP client program of your preference.

Chronology

The first phase (there will be many) of an effort to put together a complete C-141 Chronology, from day 1. See the Day By Day link for the result. Remember, this is only the 'beta'. There will be much more, especially with your help!

New Link

Two things. First, we found 614 (at DM) after a bit of confusion. Those good ole boys from Mississippi didn't steal it after all.

Second, I've started a 'reunions/lost buddies' forum. If you have not visited them lately (or at all), check them out. There's some good stories and other stuff there. C-141 Forums Index

If you are not a member of the mailing list, you can subscribe at this link.

The C-141 mailing list is 'moderated', meaning that before any mail gets sent I have to review it and approve its release. This will insure you don't get a bunch of junk mail or other off-topic (not C-141 related!) via the list.

Missing C-141?

I need some help on this one. A guy who was on the crew of 64-0614 when it had a two engine failure in Australia asked the current where-abouts of this tail number. (Note:By the way, he said a lot of the info in the above referenced report about the incident is wrong, including the date. Should be 31 OCT 77, Not 15 OCT 77. I waiting for him to send me updated details so we can get it corrected here on the web site.)

"No problem", I thought, "I'll just check the 'big list'". No indication of where it is was found there.

"OK, Plan B. I'll look at the currently known flying ones!" Not there either. I contacted a guy who works at DM/Boneyard. Not in his list.

These are the leading theories at the moment. If you have better info, please let me know:

1. Aliens took it up in a spaceship and had sex with it. Where do think the C-17 came from? There's an Area-51 connection here that the AF won't talk about.

Think about it: 3 rhymes with 'C', and it's the 3'rd letter of the alphabet. So 3 x 17 = 51

2. Iraqui insurgents took it hostage. I haven't heard Peter Jennings talking about this.

3. The Miss. ANG group (that last had it) may have turned south on the way to DM and are now running 'scheduled service' between somewhere in Mexico and parts unknown in the southwestern US desert to help undocumented workers make their way to a better life.

4. Vice President Dick Cheney uses it to fly his retirement cash from Halliburton around the country just out of reach of the IRS agents. I did hear Michael Moore talk about this just before the election.

New Link

Browsing around the net today, I found a place that does custom embroidery.... I don't know anything about their quality or delivery time but if you are looking for anything of this sort, check out this Military Direct Sales link. Much to my wife's dismay I might just order some www.C141Heaven.com golf shirts!

Chronology

The first phase (there will be many) of an effort to put together a complete C-141 Chronology, from day 1. See the Day By Day link for the result. Remember, this is only the 'beta'. There will be much more, especially with your help!

Steak

Put up a new T-Tail Tall-Tale story about Amstel & Steak in a foreign land.

A few more patches received and posted

Check out the patches page if you have not been there already.

Photos of 64-0644 Being Scrapped @ McGuire

Check it out here. If you know more about how this poor creature got into this predicament, please send me a note so we can add details.

No sooner said than done!

Well, I asked for more fine art, and somebody obliged. They sent in another version which was probably the original. It appears that this one may have been cloned into the Flight Engineer version by just changing the title. This is your typical LOADMASTER, in color, of course.

Check it out here.

Great Picture of Typical F.E.

Check it out here. If you have more of this fine art, please send it in.

More Patches Added

Added a number of new C-141 related patches. If you have some that are not shown here, please send them in. If you know anything about them (I'm missing a lot of details on many of them) send that along too.

60177-Hanoi Taxi

I finally got a few photos of 60177, the famous Hanoi Taxi out there. If anyone has stories or other info about it, please send them to me.

Movies No More

Due to limited bandwidth capacity, I have unfortunately been forced to remove the 'crazy' movies from C141Heaven.com.

Flying Truck Book Posted

Scanned and posted a copy of STARLIFTER-Lockheed's High-Speed Flying Truck. Click here to read it.

Updated information about the Pope F-16/C-130/C-141 Incident

Added information about the accident involving 66-0173 from new sources, including a complete list of Army personnel killed in the accident.

New C-141 Heaven Logo

I spent an hour with Photoshop and created a new C-141 Heaven Logo.

New Tall Tales

Rich Reichelt, C-141 Heaven's most prolific budding author, strikes again. His latest stories:

Unique Cargo

Passing the Hours on NorthPac routes

Thunderstorm over Heng Chung

Adak

Memories II - (No Bad MUSIC!)

Love & Marriage

New Photo of 64-0614

Added a new photo to the 64-0614 page.

Fire On The Gound Photo

Added a new photo to the "Fire On the Ground" tall tale which can be seen this link.

Mishap Briefing Posted

Posted Paul Hansen's 'complete' C-141 Mishap Briefing report, a very nice detailed accounting of all the incidents and accidents that have happened since the beginning of time.

Updated info on 'still-flying' tail numbers

A current list of tail numbers still flying can be found at this link..

Blog Mailing List Info

Sent out an email to all C141 Mailing List subscribers about this blog. If you are not a member of the mailing list, you can subscribe at this link.

Manuals

Got some new PDF files containing C-141 checklists and manuals. See this link for the complete list.