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Boeing 377M (C-97) Stratocruiser Full Playlist:    • Israel Air Force Museum   IAF Israeli Air Force Museum http://www.iaf.org.il/46-en/IAF.aspx http://webspace.webring.com/people/qs... http://tiltul.com The aircraft's early years in service saw a lot of flying abroad, especially before the 1967 Six Days War when the Stratocruisers often flew to France, Israel's major arms supplier at the time. In 1966 FX-FPY "Masada" carried Israeli Prime Minister Levy Eshkol on his historic tour of African states. This aircraft today resides at the IAF Museum at Hatzerim, housing a display about the beginning of aviation in Palestine (picture above). During the Six Days War the Stratocruisers flew cargo missions in support of Israel's advancing ground forces, using the rear clam-shell doors for paradrops on at least one occasion. Following Israel's conquest of the Sinai Desert the Stratocruisers routinely flew troops and equipment in and out of IAF bases in the Sinai Peninsula. These flights continued during the War of Attrition and the Yom-Kippur War, when C-97s also flew into Faid, an Egyptian AFB on the west bank of the Suez Canal captured during the IDF incursion into mainland Egypt. The arrival of the A-4 Skyhawk in the IAF in September 1967 prompted the conversion of at least three Stratocruisers back into tankers with a flying boom and underwing refuelling pods (picture below). Two aircraft were also converted for use in the Electronic Warfare role. When Arab air defences became too dangerous for direct reconnaissance overflights during the late 1960s and early 1970s, the IAF introduced oblique aerial photography by modifying Stratocruisers to carry exceptionaly long focal-length lens cameras. One converted KC-97G (4X-FPR) was downed by a pair of Egpytian SA-2s on September 17th 1971. Flying 23km within Israeli territory, at 30,000ft, the aircraft was photographing the Egyptian air defence array when it was hit and crashed in the Sinai, killing seven of the eight crew members. Another Stratocruiser was lost on November 11th 1970 at Ben Gurion Airport during a nocturnal IAF exercise. A cargo TWA Boeing 707 on its takeoff run collided with a KC-97G which had been rolling with its navigation lights turned off. Two crew members were killed and two more injured. The Stratocruisers were taken out of commission in April 1978. Two examples still survive in Israel, both at the IAF Museum, although only one is on display ("Masada") while another is awaiting restoration off the display area. Specification: Boeing 377 Stratocruiser Type: long range personnel and freight transport. Powerplant: 4 * Pratt & Whitney R-4360-59. Performance: cruising speed - 340mph, max speed - 375mph, service ceiling - 32,000ft, range - 4,200 miles. Weights: empty - 37,874kg, max takeoff - 79,380kg. Dimensions: span - 43.05m, length - 33.62m, height - 11.65m. LinksYouWantToRemember CIMG2899 Boeing 377M Stratocruiser.MOV