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The Oshkosh M1070 is a U.S. Army tank transporter tractor unit. The primary purpose of this combination for the U.S. Army is the transport of the M1 Abrams tank. They come in A0, A1, and M1300 configurations.
The M1070 and M1000 are both air-transportable by C-5 Galaxy or C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. The M1070 replaced the Scammell Commander as the British Army heavy tank transporter in 2001. The UK version ( M1070F ) is compliant with European legislation on emissions (EURO III).
December 1: Pan Am Flight 812, a 707-321 (N892PA), crashed at take-off from Sydney, Australia, following a bird strike in the number-two engine and collapse of the nose gear, with no fatalities. The aircraft was repaired and put back in service two months later. This plane was destroyed in an accident 41 years later while serving as a tanker.
The retired plane, used from 1959 to 1996, is on display at the Museum of Flight in Seattle. President Dwight Eisenhower became the first US president to travel by jet when he flew on a new Air ...
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The aircraft was then released for non-revenue training use as Flight 5787, providing recurrent training and proficiency checks for three TWA line captains. Flight 5787 originated at JFK, and was planned to proceed to the National Aviation Facilities Experimental Center (NAFEC) at Atlantic City Airport to perform the required training and ...
Wartime photo, USAAF. The Curtiss C-46 Commando was a transport aircraft originally derived from a commercial high-altitude airliner design. It was instead used as a military transport during World War II by the United States Army Air Forces as well as the U.S. Navy/Marine Corps under the designation R5C.
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