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Unfortunately, the Douglas C-133B Cargomaster this Centaur stage is being loaded on to (USAF Ser. No. 59-0523) would crash with the loss of all nine souls aboard just short of Travis Air Force Base during a failed practice instrument approach to the base on April 10, 1963. See: aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19630410-0 and www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/C-133b_crash_site.htm

The aircraft pictured is a Douglas C-133B-DL Cargomaster. The side opening "petal" doors (the doors with the yellow bands) of the B model were installed to facilitate the loading of ICBMs such as the Atlas shown. This aircraft was sent to storage in June of 1971, then scrapped by 1974.

Incorrect serial above. Should be 54-136. Info from Joe Baugher's website 54-136 Douglas C-133A-1-DL Cargomaster MSN 44706 Loaned to NASA as 928 from Jun 9, 1965 to May 1969 and modified for Apollo command module test drops. 46 drops made. To MASDC as CU030 Jul 21, 1971. Purchased by Foundation for Airborne Relief as N136AR for modification as flying hospital. Due to FAA and possibly State Department restrictions, that concept went under. Landings database has this plane owned by Properties Investment Enterprise LTD of Santa Barbara, CA as N136AB. In 1997 N136AB was reported derelict at Mojave AP, CA . Has been stored there since 1974. Reported to have been acquired by Jimmy Doolittle Air and Space Museum as spares source for 56-1999. N136AB cancelled Oct 11, 2012.