| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 72-1874 |
| Alternate Registration: | N8740 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing C-14 (953) |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing C-14 |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing YC-14A |
| C/n (msn): | 0002 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force / Boeing |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Tucson - Davis-Monthan AFBMap |
| Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KDMA IATA: DMA Local: DMA Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 18 March 2014 |
| Photo by: | Alastair T. Gardiner |
| Photo ID: | 50232 |
| Photo Comment |
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This was Boeing's entrant into the USAF's Advanced Medium STOL Transport (AMST) competition that aimed to replace the C-130 Hercules as the USAF's tactical transport aircraft. Although all specifications were met this plane never made it into production and the USAF eventually decided to go with an updated C-130 and a larger transport (hence the C-17). This one still has traces of its former civil registration N8740 visible on the tail. Registered as such to Boeing on 12 Oct 1978, cancelled 1 Apr 1980. This photo is copyright © Alastair T. Gardiner, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 15 March 2018, and has since been viewed 146 times. |