<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 427TJ</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Skip ahead to 3:20 and just listen to the takeoff and initial climb. Love how the power comes up and the turbo-compound 3350s make their characteristic sound. I had relatives who lived a few miles south of McClellan AFB in Sacramento back in the '60s-'70s and on dead-calm mornings you could faintly hear the EC-121 Super Constellations actually taxi out to the runway and perform their run-up checks. Then the sound would die off until the power came up for takeoff and then we'd go out into the yard and wait. Even a couple of miles after takeoff the 121s were maybe 1500 feet over the house. MCC was also a depot for F-105 overhauls and there was nothing quite like a 450-knot four-ship in-trail departure of 105s screaming over the house. I must have blown the screen door off its hinges a hundred times.
Dang,
I had a chance to fly on that Connie from the Cleveland Airshow back to Kansas City about 14 years ago. Unfortunately I had to bring a C-130 back to base and missed out on the chance. I was working for TWA back then and the TWA 767/757 fleet manager brought the Connie out for the CLE airshow. He offered me a ride back to Kansas City, but I had to bow out. Should have tried to get a replacement.
Great video, love the sound of the bird.
Phil Woj
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