The Douglas C-74 Globemaster was a United States heavy-lift cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, California. The aircraft was developed after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

The Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, nicknamed "Old Shaky", is an American heavy-lift cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, California.

The Douglas C-74 Globemaster was a United States heavy-lift cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, California. The aircraft was developed after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

After all production modifications were made, the C-74 Globemaster was the largest land-based transport in the world! It was a cantilever low-wing monoplane of all metal construction, with a conventional tail unit, retractable tricycle landing gear with twin wheels on each unit, and four Pratt & Whitney radial engines.

Both the Douglas C-74 and its more widely produced follow-on, the C-124, had an internal elevator system to accommodate the split-level cargo compartment. Each also had a built-in crane to aid...

This DVD is a collection of vintage films on the C-74 C-124 C-17 Douglas Globemaster Series of U.S. Air Force transport aircraft. Early design roots are from the DC-4 (C-54) as a much larger C-74 Globemaster I.

The Douglas C-74 Globemaster was the largest U. S. landplane next to the Douglas XB-19 when it flew for the first time on September 5, 1945. Pan Am ordered twenty-six from Douglas under the designation DC-7, but the order was cancelled in late 1945.

The C-74 Squadron's mission was threefold: 1) To establish a flight program which would accumulate 300 hours of service time on the Globemaster's original R-4360-27 engines in the shortest possible time; 2) to gather and record all technical data from tests performed on the C-74; and 3) to train sufficient crew members and aircraft mechanics ...

Despite having been the world's largest landplane transport when it flew in 1945, the Douglas C-74 Globemaster was actually too small-in volume-to accommodate the outsized loads dictated by the American military's postwar logistical needs.

4-engined, double-deck transport, two bubble cockpits later fitted with single canopy. S/n: 42-65405 a static test airframe. Several later to civil operators. 36 additional airframes cancelled. C-74 (42-65407), 1948-1951, exempt conversion for tests. C-74 (42-65406), 1949-1957, conversion as the C-124 prototype.