KC 99 in lancaster CA.

[King]

Re: KC 99 in lancaster CA.

I sure would like to see one of those fly. When I get rich I will buy and restore one for you guys.

Jarrod

If your talking about the XC-99, your gonna have to talk to the Air Force about this one, as this is the one and only one ever made.

[jarrodeu]

Re: KC 99 in lancaster CA.

If your talking about the XC-99, your gonna have to talk to the Air Force about this one, as this is the one and only one ever made.

Whuups. Call me an idiot, I thought it was a B-36.

Jarrod

[speeddemon]

Re: KC 99 in lancaster CA.

Whuups. Call me an idiot, I thought it was a B-36.

Jarrod

Just think of the XC-99 as a B-36 with an 'overpressurized' fuselage.

[Roger Cain]

Re: KC 99 in lancaster CA.

The last KC-97 at Stockon was also held up in litigation, as I recall, and was eventually scrapped. The cockpit was saved (and maybe the engines), but the rest of it was disposed of.

[Propellerhead]

Re: KC 99 in lancaster CA.

Victor,

Great pictures. Do you know if the 1955 Philadelphia Air Show was actually in the city or was it really out at Willow Grove NAS?

I can't imagine that what is now the international airport or the Northeast Philadelphia airport could've handled a monster like the XC-99. Johnsville wouldn't have been big enough.

This former Delaware Valley resident is curious...

[Victor Archer]

Re: KC 99 in lancaster CA.

Somewhere I have the program for the show, when I get a chance I'll see if I can find it.