Flight Engineer Panel - C-124 Globemaster II

MikeD

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Now THATs an FE panel, complete with mixture/prop/throttle controls. Back from the days of the old "Flight Engineer-Reciprocating" rating and the time of Professional FEs, a near-thing of the past in the civilian world today; though still utilized in the military in a good few airframes.

C-124 Globemaster II FE panel:
 

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Throttles?

Did the FP have access to the throttles or did he have to call "I NEED MORE POWER!"
 
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Heres the complete photo. C-124 cockpit, pilot station forward, FE station to the right, Navigator station to the left. The last photo is the last flight of a C-124 from Selfridge ANGB, MI to McChord AFB, WA in 1986. C-124s had been retired since 1974.
 

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MikeD said:
Now THATs an FE panel, complete with mixture/prop/throttle controls. Back from the days of the old "Flight Engineer-Reciprocating" rating and the time of Professional FEs, a near-thing of the past in the civilian world today; though still utilized in the military in a good few airframes.

C-124 Globemaster II FE panel:
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OLD? Everts Air Cargo will get you that coveted Flight Engineer Reciprocating
 
Oh yes, the -124. I enjoyed when some of those "old head" engineers were still teaching at the school house...talk about some war stories. And if you fell asleep in class....oh you better watch it...that 6 foot long slide rule was being smacked up against your head!!!! We need more of those guys around today. I love hearing my Granddad (ex-Eastern engineer WAY back in the day) tell stories about checkrides....much more entailed that today's "Santa Claus checkrides" :)
 
MikeD said:
I hadn't known the -6 used an FE.
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Yep, sure did but not when it was certified and entered service IIRC. But, they went out and crashed a couple and ended up with an FE.

He sat on a K-Mart jumpseat between the pilots and at the end of the pedestal...an after thought. No controls of his own like the Connie. Just had to lean forward and do the best he could. Engine analyzer was in the radio rack just to his left; think cardiologist reading an EKG.

Our PFEs were worth their weight in platinum. Came from the hangar eons before and had forgotten more about the airplane than most people would ever know. :)
 
MikeD said:
Now THATs an FE panel, complete with mixture/prop/throttle controls. Back from the days of the old "Flight Engineer-Reciprocating" rating and the time of Professional FEs, a near-thing of the past in the civilian world today; though still utilized in the military in a good few airframes.

C-124 Globemaster II FE panel:
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Looks just like our DC8's!:D
 
MikeD, good to have you back....

Just out of curiousity, what was the last recip and/or radial in military service?
 
TallFlyer said:
MikeD, good to have you back....

Just out of curiousity, what was the last recip and/or radial in military service?
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Looks like the o-2 was with the navy in the early 90's then went back to the army:


"Of the six USN aircraft mentioned above, two had been transferred to the U.S. Army in late 1990.[2] O-2A's had originally entered the U.S. Army's inventory in 1967 and were augmented by the 1990 aircraft transfer from the U.S. Navy. Today, two O-2A's are all that remain, flying from Laguna Army Airfield, Arizona as part of testing programs carried out by the Yuma Proving Ground. They are the only O-2A aircraft still in active U.S. military service.[2]"
 
TallFlyer said:
MikeD, good to have you back....

Just out of curiousity, what was the last recip and/or radial in military service?
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Thanks partner, good to be back....well except for the CFI forum thread, sheesh!

Last recip was, as pragman stated, the O-2 I believe (and I'm talking combat operational aircraft, not like the T-3 firefly or the like).

Last radial was, I believe, the C-1 Trader COD plane for the Navy.

Ahhhh, the days of 115/145 purple fuel!
 
MikeD said:
Thanks partner, good to be back....well except for the CFI forum thread, sheesh!

Last recip was, as pragman stated, the O-2 I believe (and I'm talking combat operational aircraft, not like the T-3 firefly or the like).

Last radial was, I believe, the C-1 Trader COD plane for the Navy.

Ahhhh, the days of 115/145 purple fuel!
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Didn't the coasties run a round motored bird for quite awhile too?
 
ppragman said:
Didn't the coasties run a round motored bird for quite awhile too?
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A few of them. They had C-123s out of Miami for a short while, they had C-131s (Convairs) for a good while as medium-range search planes until replaced by HU-25s, IIRC. Their most popular one was the HU-16 Albatross, last one leaving in about ''83 or '84 IIRC.
 
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