Douglas C-124 Globemaster II

The Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, nicknamed Old Shaky, was a retired American heavy-lift cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, California. It was the primary heavy-lift transport of the United States Air Force Military Air Transport Service during the 1950s and early 1960s, until the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter entered service, and it flew with Military Airlift Command and Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard units until retired in 1974. The C-124 first flew on 27 November 1949, with C-124A deliveries from May 1950, and the C-124C added more powerful engines and a weather radar housed in a thimble-like nose structure.