C141 - Lockheed C-141 Starlifter

:small_airplane: Aircraft Model (Name & Manufacturer)
Lockheed C-141 Starlifter by Lockheed

Penguin photo,

:globe_showing_europe_africa: Aircraft Category
Choose one: A / B / C / D / E / F
D Class as it had a 49m wingspan according to source

:compass: Purpose or Role in Game
Military transport aircraft retired in 2006 and replaced with C-17 which has a similar payload

:chart_increasing: Why should this aircraft be added?
The C-141 is a piece of military history, serving alongside the more famous C-5 Galaxy from 1965 until the last one was retired in May 2006. It would be a good aircraft for US playable airports and to operate out of bases that already house the C-17 and C-130. Plus it had a host of liveries during its time with the USAF and was also a regular visitor to Antarctica which could make it a fun event at SCL.

:airplane: Airlines that use it
USAF,

NASA (Operated 1 A variant which was the Lockheed demonstrator. Was used for housing the Kuiper Airborne Observatory telescope which was retired in 1995 when the SOFIA was brought into use),

:magnifying_glass_tilted_left: Special characteristics or variants
It is a cargo and passenger carrying military aircraft comparable to its successor the C-17 Globemaster III.

It came in 3 variants the original A variant, capable of carrying 154 passengers or 28,400kg of freight or 10 standard pallets which was loaded and unloaded through the tail door. This variant however was found to have a total ‘bulk out’ weight well below the airframe’s ‘gross out’ weight which meant that the aircraft didn’t have the cargo capacity due to size but could carry a lot more cargo based on its lift capacity. 284 were built to this spec.

This was amended with the B variant which was stretched by 7.11m and allowed it to carry 205 passengers or 13 standard pallets. All 270 remaining C-141’s were stretched between 1977 and 1982.

A and B together,

The C variant was an upgrade in the 1990s for a new digital glass flight deck, TCAS and GPS as well as improving reliability but visually had no difference to the B.

:camera_with_flash: Optional: Links or references
Lockheed C-141 Starlifter - Wikipedia

Some pics,

White and grey (Worn during Desert Storm and during 1970s/1980s),

Camo (Like above),

Grey (Final colours worn),

Chrome (Used in Vietnam but were painted into camo or grey and white colours towards end of conflict),

Starlifter my beloved! God I love this plane. Sadly I don’t think it’s likely we could see this guy in game, but it would still be so so cool if we did. Great suggestion!

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Devs very recently mentioned the C-5 Galaxy likely will come next year at some point with the freight update so if we pump the vote numbers up on this beast we might get it alongside. It’s a fabulous aircraft.

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