Hobby Master 1/200 Airliner Series HL9017 EC-121R Constellation 67-21487, "Da Nang Glider" 553rd RW, USAF Korat RTAFB Thailand, June 1969.
During
the Vietnam War EC-121R Constellations were used to monitor enemy movements. On June 4, 1969 EC-121R 67-21487
c/n 4480, former USN 143206, departed Korat RTAFB for an 8 hour on site orbit.
Shortly
after entering the orbit all 4 engines shut down without any warning and the
aircraft became a glider. Without pressure from the engines there were no
hydraulics and the pilot
had to wrestle with manual controls to keep the aircraft from diving and/or
rolling.
Eventually the
engineer was able to restart the engines and they flew to the closest base at
Da Nang, thus becoming
the “Da Nang Glider”. No explanation was ever reached as to why this occurred.
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