# Need to id a plane **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 30, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-id-a-plane/750600 "2016-03-30T02:03:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GO\_FOR\_JOE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/90db22/32.png) [@GO\_FOR\_JOE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GO_FOR_JOE)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-id-a-plane/750600/1 "2016-03-30T02:03:14Z")
Is this a c-17 globe master [http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p631/GO\_FOR\_JOE/image\_zpsyxd6t56t.jpeg](http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p631/GO_FOR_JOE/image_zpsyxd6t56t.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-id-a-plane/750600/2 "2016-03-30T02:05:11Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-id-a-plane/750600/3 "2016-03-30T14:05:39Z")
What **El\_Kabong** said. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-id-a-plane/750600/4 "2016-03-30T14:37:34Z")
C-17 Globemaster _III_. The Globemaster (no Roman numerals) was the [C-74 Globemaster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_C-74_Globemaster), from the 1940s-50s (Although you’re not likely to see any of those flying around 70 years later, since they only built about a dozen of them.) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-id-a-plane/750600/5 "2016-03-30T15:26:56Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > (Although you’re not likely to see any of those flying around 70 years later, since they only built about a dozen of them.) And they’ve all crashed or were scrapped. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-id-a-plane/750600/6 "2016-03-30T18:37:29Z")
And for completeness, here’s the Globemaster II which came between the original and the C-17: [Douglas C-124 Globemaster II - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_C-124_Globemaster_II) ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-id-a-plane/750600/7 "2016-03-30T23:58:11Z")
I have spent many hours riding around in a C-124 in the Far East. We put loaded 3/4 ton trucks and flyable helicopters on at the same time & off we would go. I did not play with tanks & stuff. But… I don’t think a tank retriever would fit as a single unit. They used ships IIRC. These things made the world bounce when they drove by. [Tank retriever](https://www.google.com/search?q=US+ARMY+1960%27s+tank+retriever&newwindow=1&biw=1518&bih=740&tbm=isch&imgil=u6liVuMLBBc_4M%253A%253BRaMMP_ukyAd7PM%253Bhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.youtube.com%25252Fwatch%25253Fv%2525253Dyd4rt3fn2qk&source=iu&pf=m&fir=u6liVuMLBBc_4M%253A%252CRaMMP_ukyAd7PM%252C_&usg=__r1DmULpCmzz-gqCu2nPgkCFMVlg%3D&ved=0ahUKEwi_9cbfzenLAhVDQCYKHZkuDU4QyjcIKA&ei=FWf8Vv-WJsOAmQGZ3bTwBA#imgrc=j1AbhI0L0AzI0M%3A)