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Expert: - 12/13/2007


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i am an aviation student and i need to handle an exhibit regarding air transportation, technical aspect is better. hoping that i can find help or idea in here. hoping for your favorable response

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Dear Paul

My area of expertise is the C-133 Cargomaster transport aircraft. To answer your qeustion requires more detail about what you need to do? Where are you (school, business, etc.?) Are you putting together the exhibit or working with someone else? Air transportation itself is an extremely broad field. What sort of definition of the purpose of the exhibit is there? Are you dealing with the aircraft, the cargo and cargo handling (including passengers)? What is the audience--experts, general public, school or university, etc.? Are there any air transportation specialists nearby who could help you, such as teachers, people active in the industry or the like? If you can more closely identify and focus the topics above, then any answer would be more useful and itself focused.

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Cal Taylor

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Expertise

Questions about the Douglas C-133 Cargomaster, its history, operations and technical information. I wrote and published the definitive history of the C-133, Remembering an Unsung Giant: The Douglas C-133 Cargomaster and Its People. Someone has done a good job of extracting material from my book for the article about the C-133 on AllExperts. I AM NOT an expert on educational opportunities in India or other countries and request that such questions be directed elsewhere. I will not answer such questions because I do not have the knowledge to do so adequately.

Experience

I accrued 1,837 hours as a C-133 navigator out of a total of 6,738 flying hours in the USAF. Twelve years of that time were as a crew member, the other years were in various training assignments and as a USAF intelligence officer. My flying experience includes time in the B-52H, C-141, C-133, AC-130, C-130 and the C-5A. I have considerable knowledge in general aviatio history.

Organizations
Air Force Association, Military Officers Association of America, National Association of Uniformed Services, Vasa Order of America

Publications
Journal of the American Aviation Historical Society; Warbirds publication of the Experimental Aircraft Association; Quarterly of the Jimmie Doolittle Museum, Travis AFB, CA

Education/Credentials
BA, HIstory; MA, Asian Studies; MA, Management

Awards and Honors
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, other military decorations

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