Stratofreighter Undergoes Engine Trials

摘要

Three of the four engines on Boeing C-97G Stratofreighter 52-2718 (N117GA) have recently been run as the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation looks to get the aircraft back in the air. The 1952-built aircraft has been with the Farmingdale, New Jersey-based organisation since 1996. A former KC-97 tanker, 52-2718 has not flown since 2002, and is one of only two potentially airworthy C-97s in the world, the other being 52-2698, which served for many years as a fire-bomber with Hawkins & Powers Aviation.