C-141A

C-141A 

C-141A, Tail number 61-2775,  was the very first C-141A aircraft built and had its maiden flight on 17 December 1963, the 60th Anniversary of the Wright Brothers' first flight. It spent its entire career as a test aircraft in numerous programs. The last program this A model carried out was to test a new tension rope from NASA while towing a QF-106 in the air.  The last C-141A off the assembly line was tail number 67-0166 and was delivered to the US Air Force in February 1968.

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