Lockheed NC-121K Super Constellation Project Magnet
by Arthur Eggers
Title
Lockheed NC-121K Super Constellation Project Magnet
Artist
Arthur Eggers
Medium
Digital Art - Color Print
Description
Ordered as a PO-2W Warning Star, it was redesignated WV-2 before delivery to the USN, while it was redesignated EC-121K in 1962 and soon thereafter to NC-121K. It was withdrawn from use on May 15, 1973, and scrapped on May 28, 1976. El Paisano crash landed at Williams Field, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica on October 31, 1960. She landed about 500 feet short of the runway threshold on about 5 feet of loose snow pack, tried to pull up, skipped over the threshold berm, dropped hard on the runway. The aircraft is currently sitting on the bottom of McMurdo Sound in approximately 600 fathoms of water.The Oceanographic Development Squadron Eight, or VXN-8, was deactivated Oct. 1, 1993 after 26 years. VXN-8 was the free world's only aviation squadron devoted solely to airborne oceanographic and geophysical survey. Home ported at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, VXN-8 was a fleet command under the administrative control of Commander Naval Air Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet and the operational control of the Commander in Chief, U. S. Atlantic Fleet. Deployed aircrews operated autonomously throughout the world, often from remote airports which have little or no maintenance support. Known as "The World Travelers," the squadron was true to its name. Operations were conducted year-round in the Arctic and on all of the continents of the world except Antarctica. Despite the stresses of the operating environment, the squadron achieved a proud record of aviation safety. Since July 1, 1967, when the squadron was first commissioned, VXN-8 has flew more than 98,000 missions. Unlike the traditional gray of Navy aircraft, VXN-8's mission aircraft sport an international orange and white paint scheme to readily identify them as overt, non weapon-carrying platforms. The unusual paint scheme also included an officially sanctioned Warner Brothers cartoon character emblematic of the assigned mission: the Roadrunner for Project Magnet, El Coyote for Outpost Seascan and the Arctic Fox for Birdseye.
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