Former RCAF C-5 Northstar
A former RCAF C-5 Northstar after it was sold to an aircraft dealer in Long Beach and re-registered N17599. This aircraft was the only North Star to be equipped with R2800 radial engines instead of the more common Rolls Royce Merlin engines. Ineligible to acquire a US Airworthiness Certificate, it was scrapped in the late 60s
Picture No
10823119
Media ID
47605899
Size
3000px x 2642px
(2.3MB)
Credit
© A Flying History / The Peter Keating Aviation Photograph Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
A Flying History - The Peter Keating Aviation Photograph Collection
Date
1958
