06 June 2011

Museum C-123K/UC-123K Display: Contaminated Aircraft?

I've learned that the National Museum of the Air Force has loaned out several C-123K/UC-123K aircraft for other museums and for different bases' static aircraft displays. But...most of these other organizations haven't taken the same precautions as have the folks at Wright-Patterson...and that means the public is at risk of physical contact with contaminated aircraft surfaces.

Here's the list of museum displays and preserved aircraft, with the two known contaminated spray aircraft in RED. AF records show that Tail#603 was put into the museum system but location is now uncertain. While only two of this list are known spray birds, AFMC in 2010 determined it was too difficult to recognize which aircraft had been used as UC-123K and converted back to C-123K without a records trail, and was surprised to learn that most of the 21 planes in the surplus fleet actually turned out to be spray birds (18 of 21). With that experience it is reasonable to conclude that at least some of these C-123K planes were spray aircraft at some time.

Fairchild C-123 Provider
 


 Aircraft         Tail #              Last Seen          Location
C-123B-4-FA
C-123K
54-0580APR11
PIMA COUNTY MUSEUM (AZ)
C-123B-5-FA
C-123K               
54-0592@APR10
Craven Regional Airport, New Bern (NC) N9692N 
C-123B-5-FA
C-123K
54-0593APR11LACKLAND AFB (TX)
C-123B-5-FA
C-123K
54-0604OCT99
Linear Air Park Dyess AFB (TX)
C-123B-5-FA
C-123K
54-0609APR11
FORT BRAGG (NC), 82nd AB DIV WAR MEMORIAL
C-123B-6-FA
C-123K
54-0610JUL10
Hill Aerospace  Museum (UT)
C-123B-6-FA
C-123K
54-0612JAN11
March Field Air Museum (CA)
C-123B-7-FA
C-123K
54-0629MAR11MCGUIRE AFB
C-123B-7-FA
C-123K
UC-123K
54-0633MAY11   Robins AFB (GA)
C-123B-8-FA
C-123K
UC-123K
54-0658JAN01
Air Mobility Command Museum Dover AFB (DE)
C-123B-8-FA
C-123K
54-0664FEB99
Air Heritage Museum Beaver Falls (PA) N22968
C-123B-9-FA
C-123K
54-0668NOV06
LACKLAND AFB (TX) [actually Tail#593?]
C-123B-9-FA
C-123K
54-0669JUL02
POPE AFB (NC) AS '372'
C-123B-9-FA
C-123K
54-0674MAR97PValiant Air Command Titusville (FL)- Ex Air America "HR-ALK"
C-123B-9-FA
C-123K
54-0683NOV10Edwards AFB (CA)
C-123B-10-FA
C-123K
54-0692POctave Chanute Aerospace Museum (IL) Not listed on web site DEC02
C-123B-10-FA
C-123K
54-0706DEC96Las Vegas (NV) On the strip as "N709RR"
C-123K55-4505MAY11BPIMA COUNTY MUSEUM (AZ) Coast Guard Colors
C-123K55-4512AUG09BCastle Air Museum (CA)
C-123B-13-FA
C-123K
55-4533SEP04PHurlburt Field Airpark (FL)
C-12355-4558WASILLA (AK)
C-123B-15-FA C-123K55-4567JUN10PLITTLE ROCK AFB (AR)
C-123K56-4362MAY11BWright Patterson AFB (OH) MUSEUM
C12356-4395JUN94KULIS ANGB
C-123?MAR09GWendover (UT)

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