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Show 15' .July. 30.. 1998 " . Three weeks and 40 gallons of paint later, the 1 24 Globe- master II glints In the sun shine at the Hill Aerospace Museum, waiting for the crews to finish the final third of the renovation. A team from Hill AFB's 649th Combat Logis- tics Support Squadron, below, work with the 67th Aerial Port Squadron in 1991, to load the Globemaster II on three and 1 30s and transport it to the Hill Aerospace Museum. ...,.,,l,,.ww " C-- ; ? C-- C-- Old Shaky' renovation res to res ca rgo a i rc raft by Jennifer Edmonds ' Hilltop Times staff P ldj-mii- iit W ,1 fr -- .. NkSSSfc-- jj I - S 7-- " x r s 1 . j sunglasses, workers endure the hot glare bouncing off the 1 24 long enough to peel the tape near the newly painted portions of the aircraft. ; , 'N ' 1 W itiiMji)1iv....jviaawM'ii''..'y)'iiiii iimi yMmmmpmmmmmmm aircraft the shop painted prior to the Globemaster II, was the which is about half the size of the Hill Aerospace Museum volunteer of the month and former crew chief on the aircraft, Jim Thurell, said the Globemaster II was also one of the largest aircraft operated in the Air Force for 10 years. "Old Shaky" is a transport aircraft to haul up to 200 used from 1953-7troops or 68,500 pounds of cargo around the world. It has a maximum speed of 230 mph at 10,000 feet. Despite it's large size, Thurell said things were always a little tense when they loaded Thor missiles on the aircraft. He said Thor missiles were the largest missiles transported on at the time. the "I have over 10,000 hours on the aircraft as a loadmaster," Thurell said. "It flew low and slow through all the storms and would shake all over the 7 C-1- 4 OOR COPY L I Z , 2 U Recent photos by Jim Thurell LAOSAC workers cleaned, masked, primed and painted the in two days. nose and tail of the fully-equippe- d - jj t C-- f Leader Tim Mahoney. It has a wingspan of 174 feet 1 inch, wing area of 2,506 feet, height of 48 feet 3 inches and length of 130 feet 5 inches. The last AJ , ; " . JL IrVMMawa Rick Rivera, right, of LAOSAC Military Airlift Group Utah Air National Guard logo SSgt. Ray Ander- son designed for the aircraft In 1953. Below, equipped with touches up the 151 st . When things get slow at the Hill AFB Aircraft Directorate Prep and Paint Section, workers don't just sit around and count the number of beads used in the last bead blast. Instead, Jack Kite and his crew look for a new challenge, like painting "Old Shaky." "Old Shaky," a Globemaster II, is the largest aircraft the paint shop has tackled in 10 years, according to Paint place. That's why we call it "Old Shaky." When our crews loaded Thor missiles on the aircraft, there would only be one inch clearance between the missile and the aircraft, for the entire length of the aircraft. The warhead would come within a of the ceiling when we loaded it on the ramp, before it tipped over." The Globemaster II's last assignfor the Utah ment was in Utah, 1969-7Air National Guard's 151st Military Airlift Group. After that, the came out so the was and sent to Aberdeen Proving Ground. Although aircraft sent there are normally used as explosive test sites, Thurell said this particular air- half-inc- h 3 KC-13- 5 craft was never used for that. Instead it sat four miles into the forest, for 18 years. In 1991, Hill decided it wanted "Old Shaky" back and sent the 67th Aerial Port Squadron and 649th Combat Logistics Support Squadron to Aberdeen to bring it to Hill. The aircraft was and shipped in pieces on three s According to the museum, the sat at Hill for a year and a half before anything was done with it. When people did look inside the aircraft, they found 21 dead raccoons and a bunch of dead birds. It took Hill volunteers six months just to scrape, vacuum, steam and sanitize the aircraft. Since then, the aircraft has been on display at the Hill Aerospace Museum. Three years ago, Thurell and other retired military members who had came together worked on the to renovate it. Museum Director Rick Oliver said Jim Thurell polished the aircraft for the last three years. Thurell said men he used to fly with came from all over the world to help restore "Old Shaky." Twenty men came the first year and 10 the second year. This year, the crew at the Prep and Paint Section had some extra time on their hands, so they have helped put the finishing touches on 'Old Shaky.' With the help of the 75th Qperations Support Squadron Quality Assurance Branch and Trans Alert office who to use as lifts for provided the painters, and the 388th Operations Support Squadron who provided Amn. Mark Kowalski to maneuver the vehicles, Mahoney, Duane Britt, Bill Gray and Rick Rivera have painted of the aircraft. The volunteers were called away on See Renovation, page 16 single-handedl- y de-ice- rs two-thir- |