Lockheed’s unbuilt C-141 Starlifter variants

[Archibald]

According to the newest issue of the French aviation magazine, in 1968 the French DoD wanted to buy twelve Lockheed C-121 Starlifters to transport cargo and soldiers all over the world, especially 'special cargo' to the French nuclear test sites in French Polynesia, South Pacific. At the minister conference in 1968, the French president CdG said: "Non".

Source (Facebook 2023-11-18): https://fr-fr.facebook.com/LeFanaDelAviationMagazine/

Unbelievable ! And, some years down the road, France bought C-130s because the Transalls were not enough...

 

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:… See also R.G. Husch, “Future Long Range Air Transport in the RCAF,” Air Force College Journal, 1964. In this article, Squadron Leader Husch discussed a replacement for the Yukon and Hercules transports, noting that the C-141 was unable to utilize semi-prepared runways. …..

A major RCAF role is supplying military bases in the high Arctic (e.g. CFS Alert at the northern tip of Ellesmire Island). Prior to summer, many thousands of tons of supplies are delivered to Thule, Greenland by ship. Then - during the long days of summer - flown to the gravel runway at Alert.