Puff the Magic Dragon!!
James you are a very brave man to have flown that airplane. Glad you
are still alive.
Cheers,
Alan
'53 BN1 '64 BJ8
On 3/21/06, James Shope <healeymanjim@joimail.com> wrote:
> i flew the AC-119K for a few years. there may have been some with R-4360s but
> most 119s had the R-3350 with water injection and power recovery turbines,
> extracting over 3500 hp on takeoff. the engine weighed around 3000 pounds so
> it go lots of power for its weight. the 4360 had 28 cylinders and was much
> more reliable than the 3350 as it did not try to get so much power out of more
> cubic inches. i had more than a few 3350s disintegrate on takeoff at max
> gross weight. thank god for the auxiliary jets. healeymanjim
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