Specifications
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| Primary Function | Intratheater airlift.
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| Contractor | Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Company.
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| Power Plant | Four Allison T56-A-15 turboprops; 4,300 horsepower, each engine.
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| Length | 97 feet, 9 inches (29.3 meters).
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| Height | 38 feet, 3 inches (11.4 meters).
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| Wingspan | 132 feet, 7 inches (39.7 meters).
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| Speed | 374 mph (Mach 0.57) at 20,000 feet (6,060 meters).
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| Ceiling | 33,000 feet (10,000 meters) with 100,000 pounds (45,000 kilograms) payload.
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| Maximum Takeoff Weight | 155,000 pounds (69,750 kilograms).
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| Operating Weight: |
83,000 Pounds |
| Maximum Useable Fuel: |
60,000 Pounds |
| Maximum Allowable Cabin Load: |
36,000 Pounds |
| Normal Passenger Seats Available: |
Up to 92 troops or 64 paratroops or 74 litter patients. |
| Maximum Number of Pallets: |
5 |
| Range | 2,356 miles (2,049 nautical miles) with maximum payload;
2,500 miles (2,174 nautical miles) with 25,000 pounds (11,250 kilograms) cargo;
5,200 miles (4,522 nautical miles) with no cargo.
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| Unit Cost | $22.9 million (1992 dollars).
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| Crew | Five (two pilots, a navigator, flight engineer and loadmaster); up to 92 troops or 64 paratroops or 74 litter patients or five standard freight pallets.
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| Minimum Crew Complement |
Four
(two pilots, one flight engineer, and one loadmaster)
Allows for a 16 hour crew duty day (12 hour for airdrop crews) (from show at the aircraft to
parking at the final destination). |
Crew Complement
[airdrop missions] |
Six
crews will normally carry one navigator as well and an extra loadmaster in
addition to the minimum crew complement. |
| Augmented Crew Complement |
Nine
(three pilots, two navigators, two flight engineers, and two loadmasters)
Allows for a 18 hour crew duty day (from show at the aircraft to parking at the final destination) |
| Date Deployed | April 1955.
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| Inventory | Active force, 98; ANG, 20 Bs, 60 E's and 93 H's; Reserve, 606.
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