I caught a hop on this very airplane from Korea, going to Tachikawa Air Force Base near Tokyo Japan. Just got back from one year in Korea. All those R&R's to Tokyo were some of the very best memories of my life. I'm 81 years old now and I still recall first seeing Seoul Korea totally bombed out! The Koreans are amazing people to have rebuilt something from"ashes" to a bustling metropolis that it is today. God Bless them all!...

I met my first girlfriend on board one of these. Nov. 1963, I was a CAP cadet in Nashville. The Tennessee Air National Guard flew a couple of cadet squadrons to Dayton to visit the Air Force Museum. Once we were at cruise altitude, they let us come a few at a time to see the cockpit. I wound up in line behind a very cute, petite young lady. Her foot slipped as she went up the cockpit ladder and I suddenly had a double armful of cuddly girl. Nice way to break the ice! Needless to say, I’ll always have fond memories of the C-119.

I am a Baby Boomer and also grew up (Norwalk, California) watching C-119F's flying over our backyard on a fairly regular basis. I know that aviation is safer and faster now, but some of the magic from the old days is gone.

My dad flew on these at Ellington AFB in Houston. Before that it was C-54. He retired on the C-5a.

What a blast... We used to jump out of those babies in the late 60's while in jump school in Fort Benning in Georgia.... it was so loud that after 15 minute ride, you just wanted to get th hell out of the plane... but I love it.. fond memories. thanks for the clip.. nice & clear picture.. and the sound too!!! Go Airborne !.

That is me closing the door and storing away the entry ladder... Regards from Alaska!

flew standby from Dover afb to Azores and chatereaux in 1964- along with tank cargo... 14 hours freezing in unheated cargo hold- slept on top of tanks to be close to the single steamline running along the top. froze , lost hearing and loved it. great plane...

WOW! Do the memories come flooding back when I see these old aircraft from my youth in Vietnam. As a USAF special electronics tech, we huffed all kinds of aircraft parts and supplies in these old birds all over Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia in the day. I remember many times of buying a box lunch for 40 cents and settling in for a 6 hour haul. During flight you could sometimes look overhead and see the rivets rattling around in the air frame and often hear then fall inside the aircraft. That said, these girls were tried and true and I never experienced an emergency in one. Travel in these were just slightly faster than today's family sedan.

The c119 was the plane I jumped out of when I was in the 101 st. In 1960 at fort camp. In Kentucky.

I remember seeing this aircraft on display at the March ARB air museum in Riverside, CA back in 2007. The C-119 Flying Boxcar was a mainstay transport aircraft during the Korean conflict.

My step-dad was a crew chief on the C-119 while in the A.F. Reserves. They would fly from Sacramento to Guam almost every year. No cargo,just a giant fuel bladder so they could get to Hawaii then on to Wake Island then Guam. What a neat old plane.

I can remember them flying overhead in the 50s. This is the airplane that Earthquake McGoon was shot down in while resupplying Dien Bien Phu.

That restart on the second engine reminds me of the scene in Flight of the Phoenix, with Jimmy Stewart.

My dad was a flight engineer on the C-119 flying out of Mitchel Field, Long Island. He claimed it was underpowered but he enjoyed working on it and taking it out on missions. The longest flight that he participated in was from Mitchel Field to Panama. He also was an engineer on B-17's, and B29's during the war. During the 60's he was a final inspection crew chief for the "Thud," the F-105. His crowning achievement was a member of the team at Grumman that assembled the Lunar Excursion Module, the "LEM."

Nice plane, but what a stunning backdrop with those amazing mountains!

Love those big old R-4360s. Wish I could have seen the Spruce Goose with all 8 fired up at once.

I trained for paratrooper with the PPCLI in c-119's in 1962 at Shilo Manitoba and once I had my wings I rejoined my battalion at Edmonton Alberta Canada where we made many drops at various places. They certainly were noisy and we were very glad to get out of them. Watch out for the tie down rings at the door, I had a very scary jump when I tripped on one going out the door. I was released at the same time as we converted to the c-130's so I never got to jump from them.

My Dad worked at Fairchild Aircraft, Hagerstown MD in the 40s and 50s where they built them.

I remember seeing these serving with the airforce of South Vietnam and they had the "jet" assists from C123's attached and even some with the clam shell rear doors removed (my second tour 1971 - 1972).

Only worked one problem on the C-119 - "low torque oil pressure" on #1 engine. Had to removed and replace the Torque Oil Pressure Transmitter (with its associated capillary tubing that ran from the nose case back to the xmitter, which was mounted near the eng fire wall) Must have been a gazillion adel clamps for the capillary tube! Did make one jump out of the 119; was out of Kelly AFB, in 1968 - jumped over Hondo, Texas. Only got 7,500 feet. Was fun, as I recall. N-6395T & B-6370

Two engines, twice as much noise. Two engines twice as much smoke. A true flying dinosaur.

These were still in use when I was stationed at ft. Wainwright, Fairbanks Alaska. I was a crew chief on UH-1's back then.....1982

"It's a beautiful plane?" I suppose, if you think so, it is. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.

I’m sure they have a lot of nicknames for that old bird. It personally reminds me of a flying locust. Not to take anything away from it’s beauty, because it is an amazingly beautiful warbird. Nice video. I was hoping to see a takeoff.

@leyburnhealeyman TWA operated a C-82 Packet, the aircraft the Flying Boxcar was the developed from. The C-82 is slightly smaller with a different cockpit and front end. There are some pictures of the TWA C-82 on airliners-dot-net.

I remember watching my cousin Bob, 101st Airborne, jump from a C-119. I never had the pleasure - jumped C-123, C-130, C-141. Watched my son and grandson jump C-130, C-141, C-17. Would have liked to have added the C-119 to my log.

Would occasionally see one of these struggling to get some altitude after taking off from runway 31 at Forbes AFB in Kansas back in the 1950s. My house was about 8-10 miles out from the end of that strip and these birds were still low enough to rattle the windows when they flew over. I always ran outside to watch the planes. Made my mom mad when I'd jump up from the dinner table to see a low flying plane but she just didn't get it!

Great video. Remember climbing aboard a USAF one at a Mildenhall air show many many moons ago.🇬🇧

What a COOL plane! I recall seeing these flying into D-M AFB in AZ to be mothballed some 50 years or so ago. Such an inglorious way to go out from a neat airplane to beer cans. Such is the Circle of life, I suppose. I'd LOVE to see one flying again and, better yet, to get to take a flight in one!! KOWABUNGA!! Thanks for the video.

I remember Flying Boxcars going over as a kid in 60's... they disappeared eventually and I just saw them on a Korean War series... bought back memories. Lived not far from Willow Grove AFB and not sure if they came from there or not.

When I Was In Jump School In Fort Bennington This The First Aircraft I Jumped Out Of

It looks like the aircraft that was in the movie " Flight of the Phoenix"!

I flew in one in 1968 Civil Air Patrol for summer encampment in Amarillo at pre closed AFB. Rough ride over west Texas, but great experience 👌

Saw and heard this bird through most of my childhood at Mitchell AFB Long Island NY. The flying Box Car nested there often and in large numbers😊

My grandpa and his crew bailed out of a c119 close to HAFB.in Utah in the 50s.half the men froze to death(including my grandpa)the others either walked out or where later found.plane flew till it ran outta fuel in swan valley idaho.sad day....

Back in the 50s, my dad was in the air force reserve at Mitchel field on Long Island. I was taken on these old birds many times back then. Little did I realize I would be working on one when I went to Vietnam. I was a crew chief on a AC-119 Spectre at Phan Rang Air Base in 1969. I loved that old plane. Then the AC-130 took over and they were gone. Great memories of that time.....

I remember those old days. At KELLY Field in San Antonio Texas memories

This is how we got supplies to Iraklion Air Station on Crete. We rode it back and forth to Athens. Brings back memories.

My dad flew 119 retardant bombers for Hawkins and Powers, and Connies in Southeast Asia and Alaska. What a beautiful airplane the Connie was! I wouldn't say the C 119 was beautiful, but what damn workhorse! It could do anything.

I worked on that aircraft when it was a usmc bird. NAS Sandpoint, and NAS Whidbey island. 1970.

The ones used to haul us jarheads around back in the early 50s didn't have the jet engine on top. Loud, underpowered and cold inside. But reliable.

Flew in one of these from Green Bay WI to MCAS EL TORO CA in 1967. Just slightly faster than hitchhiking. One of our Gunnies flew in them during the Korean War..survived 2 crashes.

I recognize that airport I work at that hanger in the late 90's DC 6's and DC 3's

My Dad was working 80 hrs per week as control rigger for the C-119s and B-24s at Ford's Willow Run plant in '43. He got drafted so told them he wouldn't be in tomorrow as leaving on train for basic training AND WERE THEY PISSED!! Ford told him not to report and they would get him immediately deferred to build the bombers, but all he said was "Bye"!!!!!

As a new reservist I flew to Alaska on the 1964 trip mentioned in the Jack Warneke video. Spent the first night at McCord AFB and then on to Eielson AFB south of Fairbanks. Landed there on 7/6/1964, my 21st birthday. I recall our pilot very clearly, also a reservist, Captain Morris. He was great and handled some of "us new kids" with kid gloves. Thank you Captain Morris. I was not crew member but rather a clerk who was required to go along. It turned out to be one of the greatest experiences of my life!!

1954 I was at Ashiya Air Base Japan. Flew from Ashiya to Osan Korea. Also went R&R Osan to Itami AB Japan

...used to remember these flying out of MKE for the old 440th reserve wing.

When I was 3 or 4 years old I remember a group of planes flying over our house in Massachusetts and my father, who was a WW2 vet, calling them "Flying Box Cars". I can still remember seeing the dual tail fuselages, but have never seen another till this video. All my life I always thought he had them confused with P-38's. I should have known better. That was back around 1950.

there's nothing like the sound of those double cyclone radial engines with the smoke and flames shooting out the exhaust you can have your jet engines LOL

When I was a kid in the CAP I rode to summer camp in one. My first time in a large plane.

C119s were used in Korea and Vietnam as transports and gunships, its Fairchild produced brother was the c123 provider

It flies!! 😄 I thought it was just for display, nice!!

Had one of these at Ft. Lauderdale airport in the early 70's that flew around now and then but it had twin jets on top.

I grew up east of Columbus Indiana and it was an annual occurance to be overflown (at night IIRC) as C119s from Bakalar AFB headed towards exercises (in the Carolinas, I think)

Jump school, Ft Benning, summer 1966. Hot, noisy! Couldn’t wait to jump. What a kick!

Scares me more now than it did in April 1958 when i was young. lol A few of us from iceland flew to Newfoundland on a C-118 and then to Goose Bay for Tops In Blue talent show. Flew at 7000 clear weather plane flew ok but the tail-section kept bobbing up and down, thought it was going to break off. A few days later did the same thing back to Newf. I think the flight took about 2 hours or so, and was mostly over snow-covered forests and partially frozen rivers.

Made 4 jumps out of these in 69 at Ft Benning Ga Airborne jump school.

Olá BABY! Eu tenho Ótimas recordações dessa aeronave à 50 anos passados como pára-quedista militar brasileiro. No seu tempo o C119 foi operacional, eficiente e útil em todas as missões militares onde atuou. Era chamado por nós de O Vagão Voador, Charuto e Pão de forma! Bons tempos…kkkkk 😁🦅

I am only here because of the reboot of Flight of the Phoenix 14 years ago..... just re watched it and had to find the plane..... good history!

I thought no turbos had a different exhaust system, like a Skyrider. Someone told me years ago : "If you see 3 plumes of smoke, is the one with the parts recovery turbines "

Those have the massive 28 Cylinder P&W R-4360 largest piston engine ever mass produced put into service.

I remember them in Morocco as part of VR-24 in the early 60s.

I worked on these C119's only they were Gun ships in Vietnam at Phan Rhang AFB. G-model 4 mini guns and famous K-model with 4 mini guns and 2 Gattling guns plus other technology. K-Model had 2 R-3350 and 2 wing mounted Jet engines.

Have not seen a boxcar since 73

A lady that can hold herself when a heavy load is involved and still good looking 👌

C119s were used in Korea and Vietnam, Fairchild also produced the c123

My uncle was a C119 designer in Hagerstown, 70 years ago.

You,sir, are correct!

I saw one of these at the Turlock Air Museum in Cali. Baby C 130

There is one sitting at Hagerstown MD AIRPORT and one at GENESEO NY AIRPORT.

The USAF was making Attack aircraft out of C119s on my tour in 1968-69. Replacing Spookies.

I was a load master on the C119 in the reserves. Logged more than 1200 hours

Fairchild produced the c119 boxcar which was used in Korea and the c123 provider which was used in Vietnam war

Were these also called “packets”? The pod on top is a jet pod for jet assisted take off when fully loaded. Not a great looker from any angle, but did donkey-work carrying supplies in the high-altitudes of Himalayas for the Indian Airforce. Great flying machine.

I was in the 908TH air reserve unit in Mobile Alabama 1965 thru 1972. This was our plane. We had Wright R3350's and Pratt& Whitney R4360's in out squadron. Spent many hours working on and flying g in these old birds. They were ok for their time but we're completely outdone by the C-130's.

Moroccan Air Force flew these well into the 70s.

We flew the Dollar Nineteens out of Scott AFB in the early 60's when I was with the 932nd Troop Carrier Group. I wonder if any of these birds are still flying? I left in 1966 when they were bringing in the C-130's.

when i went to jump school in 1959 this is what we jumped out of

mprophet100 The Super Connie had the turbo compound version of the 3330 starting with the 1049C.

Is that a jet engine bolted on top?

If not for the existence of this aircraft, a total PoS movie, Flight of the Phoenix, would never have been made!

Initially, I thought that the pod on top was a radar of some sort. Looking aft, it appears to be a jet engine. An alternative to J.A.T.O.?

As a kid I loved to here this plane, and C124s taking off form Hill AFB. It was music, it was power, it was great.

Wonder how would this aircraft perform with a turboprop jet engines? Then upgrade the avionics system and communications gear too?

The C-119 in various versions, had either the R-4360 or the R-3350 engines, I do not recall which dash it was...I saw them both in the service. The Pratt and Whitney Engines did not burn as much oil as the Wrights did..

Thanks. Like I mentioned, I wasn't around the 4360's very much (as an Avionics/Instrument person, worked a lot on the R-2800's, and their instrument systems). I was always facinated by the 4360's - didn't it have 28 cylinders, A,B,C, & D banks, offset?. Seems certain versions were rated at 3,500 HP, as I recall. 56 spark plugs! Wow! What a monster!! N-6395T

Did the guy drop out of the prop during no. 2 engine start?

@colindhowell Thanks for that, checked out the photo, and low and behold, it was taken at Heathrow, gonna see if they have a five engined El Al 707 now, did you know about them? :))

made 4 jumps at Ft.Benning from this bird. I remember watching the rivits spin around in the floor panels. That was Aug. 1970.

that is that ting on top

For a minute I thought it was the plane from Hawkins & Powers in Graybull Wy.

I flew on one from N.C. Thru Gitmo to Viegaa

No need to start up the jet engine on a taxi run? Looks like the inlet cover is still in place.

Ahh, nothing like the starting of radial engines.

I think this is the plane that sat in Port Lions on Kodiak for years.

was there july of 1970. same story.

there aren't many airworthy planes with the R-4360, these days. 2 stratocruisers are undergoing restoration, though. one by the Berlin Airlift Organization, the other is rumored to be Clay Lacey restoring a C-97 to a B377 in United livery.

Awesome wish I could buy one and fly it

What was the plane featured in the original movie " The Flight of the Phoenix" in 1965 starring James Stewart?

I've been everywhere, man.