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Global Aircraft -- C-141 Starlifter
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C-141 Specifications
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Primary Function: Long-range troop and cargo airlift.
Contractor: Lockheed-Georgia Co.
Power plant: Four Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-7 turbofan engines.
Thrust: 20,250 pounds (9,112.5 kilograms), each engine.
Length: 168 feet, 4 inches (51 meters).
Height: 39 feet, 3 inches (11.9 meters).
Wingspan: 160 feet (48.5 meters).
Speed: 500 mph (Mach 0.66).
Ceiling:41,000 feet (12,424 meters).
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 323,100 pounds (145,395 kilograms).
Range: 2,500 miles (2,174 nautical miles).
Crew: Six (pilot, co-pilot, two loadmasters, and two flight engineers).
Unit Cost: $8.1 million (1992 dollars).
Date Deployed: C-141A: May 1964; C-141B: December 1979.
Inventory: Active force, 241; ANG, 16; Reserve, 12
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