C-141C

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A total of 63 C-141s were upgraded throughout the 1990s to C-141C configuration, with improved avionics and navigation systems to keep them up to date. This variant introduced some of the first glass cockpit technology to the aircraft and improved reliability by replacing some mechanical and electromechanical components with their electronic equivalents.

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, OHIO (September 22, 2000) - An overview of new "Glass Cockpit" technologies on a C-141C Starlifter aircraft from the 89th Airlift Squadron (USAFR), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. More than sixty aircraft in the current C-141 fleet will undergo significant modification. Each will receive the All-Weather Flight Control System (AWFCS), which consists of a digital autopilot, advanced avionics display, and Ground Collision Avoidance System (GCAS). Other significant improvements include a Defensive System (DS), Fuel Quantity Indicating System, and GPS modifications. The display units seen in front of each pilot are the Display Avionics Maintenance Unit (two green screens on top), Display Units (two large color screens in front of steering yoke), Multi-Function Stand-by Indicator (MFSI, the small color screen, right of the two left DUs), Traffic Collision Avoidance System (below MFSI), and the Flight Management System (green screen on lower panel inboard and adjacent to each seat). 

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