I worked on these at Danang in 1969-70. I think they were H models. They were gunships with the jets under each wing. The avionics and fire power in them were worth lots more than the airframes. Fascinating old birds.

I remember these and many other types at Andrews AFB, in the late 50s-early 60s. Before the Air Force went all jet. Really enjoyed those days as a kid. Thanks for posting

There used to be a yellow one piloted by Cpt. Baloo from squadron Tailspin. One hell of a pilot, flew it like a fighter jet to deliver his cargo. They sure don't make them like they used to.😋

Seeing this 119 revived a couple of memories for me. As an "Instrument tech." I only worked one job on the 119 - that was to remove and replace a Torque Oil Pressure transmitter. The sensor was mounted on the nose case of the engine (I think it was a P&W R4360). There were beaucoup Adel clamps from the nose case back to the transmitter mounted on the fire wall. And, I made one free fall parachute jump (a fun jump with about 20 other guys) from a 119, over Hondo, Texas. We took off from Kelly AFB, San Antonio with the "clam shell doors removed. I still have an 8x10 pix of the exit. We got out of the airplane at 8,500 feet. Was a FF of just over 30 seconds. Thanks. MSgt. USAF Ret. PCA/USPA B-6370.

Interestingly another C119 in background complete with jet pack on top, awsome bird.

Wow,I thought these were all in the scrapyard long ago. Seeing one airworthy is wonderful,and another right next to it on the ramp……fantastic!

So glad we could stop and visit with you if you ever need help I know two boys willing to help

I would be max proud to see either fly again and would love to invest in them!

I was in the Marines (regular) supporting three reserve squadrons at NAS Glenview in 1973. The reserve transport squadron was still flying the C119, though they were being retired. We had some of the last C119s in service. I have some flight time in them and it was a nice flying old bird. Because they were reserve airplanes, they did not fly much, so mostly they were flown with minimal cargo. The longest flights I remember were Chicago to Islip NY (where there was a broken down C119 that we were flying a replacement engine out for) and a run to Florida for a couple of pallets of test equipment. It was funny to see people's faces on the tarmac when the C119s taxed up.

Thank you for sharing this

Wonderful to see these birds being preserved! Hope you folks can be honored for this achievement. Very impressive work.

Since I saw the movie Flight of the Phoenix when I was little this plane became my favorite, and researched and up to where there are about 2 capable to fly (I hope I'm wrong and that there are more), it would be a dream to see one (sorry for my bad english)

Der Flug des Phönix. 👍🏻

Hi, I was flight engineer on the C119 for 4 years back in the 50"s and 60's. I never had a flight problem with this bird. I guess I was very lucky!!!

Great old tough as nails Bird. I wish I could go for a ride.

I worked around one of these aircraft in Alaska in the late 60's. It seemed like every time a mechanic opened up the engine cowling something would fall out.

About 1000 hrs on the G as a flight mech . All with 3350-89A engines Aeroproducts props . All over the US and worked lotsa jumps at Benning . Good bird and good times . Those props were like a fine tuned violin . Ha !

Awesome!

That's a beautiful old war horse ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The reason the prop turns so much before engine start ( count 20 blades ) before ignition on is to insure the engine is not hydro-locked. After flying B47s with SAC on active duty I joined the Calif AirGuard at Hayward. They flew C119C ( R 4360 engine ) in an Air Commando squadron. Good flying aircraft and a great X wind airplane. One flight was to pick up a Curtis Jenney in Iowa and fly it to the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. After landing we had to wait until it got dark and cooled off enough for the density altitude allowed us to safely take off and fly back to Hayward. The only time I lost an engine was flying out of Hayward with my older brother, active duty 82nd AB paratrooper on board just for a ride. We landed straight ahead into Oakland and my brother got off, called his wife to get a ride home and NEVER rode with me again. Pete

Had a ride in one from Bethel to Anchorage in Alaska.

I always wanted to fly one. Fantastic airplane. Awesome video.

Under powered but it flew. We had these babies in Korea.

My dad flew the AC-119 version out of Lachburn AFB all the way to Phang Rang VN in '69 to '70.

When I was a kid you could see them flying out of the airport all day.

I grew up with Boxcars. I've always had a special glow around them. Great aircraft and fun to fly.

I worked on these birds (R4Q2s) in 1969 when I came back from Vietnam. Interesting old aircraft.

My first assignment out of pilot training in 1970 was to a C-119 squadron at Richards-Gebaur AFB in Kansas City. Was there about 6 months to get experience and then went to C-119 gunships in Vietnam. I remember that the engines leaked so much oil that we did rock paper scissors to see who would do pre-flight inspection on the engine wheel wells. Always had a old flight jacket and hat in case I lost. Old saying was "fill it up with oil and check the gas"

I remember seeing one in NhaTrang belonging to “AirAmerica”. 1971

This is my friends boxcar, ive been lucky enough to start it up, it used to be a workhorse here in alaska but various people worked hard to put a stop to it through an act of congress. If i ever win the lottery im gonna pay johnny to let me get my type rating in it.

First plane ride I ever had, my dad was in the air force and got us a hop on the plane.

Great video I love this aircraft would love to see it restore and flying

Anyone else see the Boxcar in the background at the 4 minute mark? The one with the JATO on top?

i got to do a little work on one that belonged to everts air fuel in fairbanks... ours had a gas turbine engine on top. that was back in the early 90s. we had c-46s, dc-6s, caribou, lance, p-140, and an old Curtis robin(?) on floats. i liked working there but the pay was so low i lived in a canvass wall tent on the tanana river nearer to north pole and was starving to death. my camp was next to the midnight sun remote control flying field. those were hard days.

Built in my hometown! Is she airworthy??

Super !!!!

I was stationed at Rosey Rhodes, back in 69, when they called in all the boxcars from the Caribbean area, into retirement. They came for days! Every runway and every taxiway was lined with them and there may have been more I didn't see. It was amazing! I had no idea there were so many of them and in just this one area. I grew up seeing them in news reels and movies and on TV. It was kind of sad, but they were pretty tired by that time. I think a bunch went on to serve in south America but most went to the scrap yard. I was seeing history unfolding.

awesome

Made my first five jump school jumps from these at Ft. BRAGG in 1961. Ride down to Panama and back in one in 1962. Great airplane!

Airborne School aircraft. A nice, soft jump out of these. The body shape blocked most of the prop blast.

I can't believe this is airworthy

I use watch these birds fly out PDX when I was a young g lad

Fairchild built these in Hagerstown, MD. The Hagerstown Aviation Museum has a couple of them. One of them was made airworthy enough to get a ferry permit, and flown into Hagerstown. That was on record, when I visited last summer, as he last flight of a C119.

I thing the one in the background was abandoned/stranded for years at Port Lions on Kodiak. It had a jet engine on top of the fuselage.

Wow that's some massive Main Gear.

While I was in the USAF we had a c-119 that had been flying through a hail storm.It was beat up so badly it had to be junked.We used it for crash fire training.

"I flew the best soldiers in the army long before I idolized the sunflower aircraft" - A remark from C119

As a kid I saw these flying operationally out of CFB Trenton ON Canada in the late 50s & very early 60s. I remember the excitement when they were replaced by Hercs.

The flying Boxcar, there were also stationt here in Koksijde in Belgium many years ago.

I think I saw one of these get cut up in a movie and rebuilt into some kind of Pheonix. It flew out of the desert as a totally different machine. Jimmy Stewart was the pilot, did a great-again job!

My late Father-in-Law was a crew chief on the 119 during the Korean War. He had a lot of memories, some good but others not so.

My dad flew these with the California air national guard 129th great aircraft!! One mission they flew them from California to Vietnam to turn them over to the south for gunships .

My Dad flew the 119 in the 50's...Wasn't particularly fond of it, because it was underpowered. I think he flew the C and D models

I had a ride in one of these when I was in the Air Cadets when I was about 13 years old.

Just imagine Boxcars with T56's.

It seems they run each engine breifly withoud some plugs (probably bottom ones) to clear it out (rough pop-da-pop sound 2:05) or lube up some stuck bores. Seen a DC-6 video where they do this with one of the R-2800's.

I was stationed 1954 Ashiya air base Japan troop carrier sq. During Korean War they brought back body to Ashiya,

Some great footage here, of the 'Dollar-nineteen....'

Beautiful bird.. packet aircraft..

Awesome. Im visiting Anchorage and Palmer next April. Ive tried to email the owner but no luck, do you know how I can go about asking for access for photography please?

Thar's gold in them thar hills!

Went to LRAFB yesterday and saw one of these on static display. Was just wondering about it. Ex awacs.

I'll keep telling my dad's indiscretion of youth story about these planes since he can't. He's 82nd Airborne just before Vietnam was a thing. He and another paratrooper are in the back of one of these having just dropped cargo somewhere, so the back end is off. They decide that sitting on back with legs dangling out of the plane is good fun. Plane banks and they roll to the other side of the plane. He didn't admit to soiling himself but I bet one or both of them did at least a little.

Балу из "TaleSpin" (Чудеса на виражах) на похожем летал. Только там амфибия :)

2:16 Man...that engine's running richer than Bill Gates.

I was a loadmaster on the C119. We called it the flying coffin. We lost an engine about 100 miles from the base. The aircraft was losing altitude fast. We barely made it back. We were at 50 feet when we were a mile out. The interesting part was that we were empty at the time. The engines were turbocompounded 3350's.

Some models got the R-3350-85`s Cyclone. Fairchild used the R-4360`s Wasp Major... 🤠😎

One of the first planes I learned to identify as a small boy living near Tinker AFB in OKC

That's a beauty! Is it still airworthy? I would love to see it fly!

Wiki says the Boxcar used R-4360s but the engines on this airplane look like Wright R-3350s

Il ressemble beaucoup au Nord Atlas de chez Breguet Aviation. Les Moteurs à Pistons c est quand même une autre époque.

Do these Wright engines have the power recovery turbines? 1000 less cubic inches than the original 4 row wasps.

Do we plan to see this flying soon?

Was hoping to see / hear them using shot gun cartridges, perhaps all that remain are converted to electric start?

Looks like a old Air America mule

มีคนว่ามันเป็นเครื่องบินที่มีห้องโดยสารใหญ่มาก

Definitely going to be The Flight of The Pheonix!

Has it been sold and preparing to be ferried somewhere?

Where is Jimmy Stewart??

What is the plan for this aircraft? Make it a flier again?

Esse é o avião do filme, O VOO DA PHENIX !

Flight of the phoenix?

I'm only here to see the size of this aircraft because of Quetzalcoatlus

Can it still fly ? - I'm guessing probably not.

Интересная машина

Sounds like you need a GPU with a little more current capability or at least HP.

У него пусковой двигатель? 😮

Cortaste el video, en la mejor parte que es cuando arranca.

shes breathing but not flying

engine type?

We had a C119 that had been converted into a fire bomber come through the Redding air tanker base one summer when I worked there. It had the dorsal jet engine on top. It was lost later that season when the wings separated from the fuselage, which later led to the USFS airtanker trade-in scandal involving Ronald Reagan's cousin.

REF

Too bad this one has the R3350-42P&W these only had 2200 HP where the P&W 4360 had 3500HP

It was also called the packet.

The plane is still flyable, and they don't even use it.

😂😂😂

Old can.

Nothing interesting

Would it have killed you to have a few shots of the inside????

Yes, I remember these as a kid in the 50s flying over the farm sometimes 4-5 at a time. Our farm was at Prince Albert Saskatchewan.