NC-141A from Edwards performs a departure fly-by after attending the 97' Aviation Expo at Van Nuys

The very first Starlifter to be built, making her maiden flight on 17.12.63, the 60th Anniversary of the Wright Brothers first flight. Spent entire career as a test aircraft with AFSC at Wright-Patterson in numerous programs, the last being to test a new tension rope for NASA towing a QF-106 in the air. One of four early C-141A's not converted to C-141B standard, all 270 in the main fleet undergoing the stretch. Joined C-141B 64-0626, parked alongside in 'lizard' camouflage

This C-141A is the very first ever built with its maiden flight taking place on December 17, 1963. It spent its entire career as a test aircraft and was added to the Air Mobility Command Museum's collection in February 1998. It is one of four C-141's that weren't modified to a B model by the addition of a 24 foot fuselage plug and air refueling capability.