| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 59-0532 |
| Alternate Serial: | 90532 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas C-133 Cargomaster |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas C-133 Cargomaster |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-133B Cargomaster |
| C/n (msn): | 45583 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith InternationalMap |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: YSSY IATA: SYD Local: YSSY Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 20 August 1966 |
| Photo by: | David Carter |
| Photo ID: | 13379 |
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You never forget a C-133 flying over. The rattling of windows and china that preceded by minutes the sound its engines and its distinctive shape. For a few weeks in 1966 they came and went and overflew Sydney carrying materials in a USN communications base being built in Western Australia. The noise and vibration of the C-133 was to be its undoing, greatly shortening its airframe life. 59-0532 was withdrawn in 1971 and scrapped. This photo is copyright © David Carter, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 5 October 2017, and has since been viewed 491 times. |