Unusual Photos - fun memories

C-123K with VIP Observation Deck...extra airfoils added
at insistance of Charlie Fusco. Great boat.

Refilling the spray tanks with Agent Orange

Grandson Mason...sorry my blog=my pictures

MSGT George Gadbois on left...very ill with cancer
& heart disease. Me in middle.

Navy's new ad program to help fund fuel costs

"Safe Sex" the AME way!. Probably best, considering
the Agent Orange sloshing around the floor!

C-123T (Turbo), mods for S.Korea, Thailand

Ski Version

Careful with those brakes! Damn near like a tail-dragger!

I think shine flies faster!

Either spray ops or John Harris at the relief tube

"Shuttle Enterprise" at Hot Air Balloon Fiesta

C-123 flys over heavily modified combat version of
Provider (in your dreams!)  :)

Back when the Thunderbirds liked a great paint job!

CIA's crashed C-123 in Honduras - notice 439MAW patch

CIA C123 now beachside eatery in Honduras

CIA crashed in Honduras - now beachside restaurant!

The CIA provided a surplus C-123KTail #663 for a covert mission flown by Eugene Hasenfus. Downed by a shoulder-held SA-7 missle but Hasenfus jumped out okay and was captured. The event exposed the guts of the Iran-Contra Affair, a major part of late 20th century US history. Locals looted what was interesting, but eventually somebody chopped up the bird, transported by barge and truck to a seaside resort where it now no longer has a 12-hour bottle-to-throttle rule!

  Sales ad from Fairchild

 early outboard jets

  Vietnam

 Turbo version...2 made for Royal Thai AF

Could this be the classified refueling version of the C-123??

Amphib Version

Elephant Walk

"Patches" at 500 hits: I visited Fairchild & was shown
documentation about over 1500 hits in total!

My last C-123 flight up the Hudson, past World Trade Towers

Fairchild glider towed

Fairchild Advertising - C123

Early Glider (about '52)

Boneyard Davis-Monthan

Sure ...join. You get this really cool flight suit, lots of flying time, and free Agent Orange.

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