Modeler's Close-Up: C-17 Globemaster III

C-17 bibliography & suggested reading:

Magazine Articles and Photos:

"C-17 Included in High-Level Defense Dept. Review of Four Major Aircraft Programs"   Aviation Week & Space Technology  March 12, 1990 p.25  1 photo

[Photo: "Wing Joined To First C-17"]   Aviation Week & Space Technology  April 16, 1990  p.29

"First C-17 Removed From Join Tool At Douglas Aircraft Co. Plant"   Aviation Week & Space Technology  July 16, 1990  p.20  1 photo

Bruce A. Smith   "Douglas Clears Final Hurdles For Completing C-17 Transport"   Aviation Week & Space Technology  December 3, 1990  p.36-39  2 photos

William B. Scott   "C-17 program Begins to Realize Payoff From New Manufacturing Techniques"   Aviation Week & Space Technology  December 3, 1990  p.46-47  2 photos

"C-17 Makes Low-Speed Taxi Tests In Preparation for First Flight"   Aviation Week & Space Technology  September 2, 1991  p.26

Bruce A. Smith   "First C-17 Flight Marks Key Program Milestone"   Aviation Week & Space Technology  September 23, 1991  p.18-20  3 photos

"Douglas Completing Assembly of Two Production C-17s; Flight Loads Aircraft Will Fly First"   Aviation Week & Space Technology  September 23, 1991  p.20  1 photo

William B. Scott   "C-17 First Flight Triggers Douglas/Air Force Flight Test Program"   Aviation Week & Space Technology  September 23, 1991  p.21-22  1 photo

"USAF Preparing Pallets, Parachute Extraction Systems for C-17 Load Tests"   Aviation Week & Space Technology  September 23, 1991  p.23-24  2 photos

Bruce A. Smith   "C-17 Payload-Range Spec Called Outdated"   Aviation Week & Space Technology  February 15, 1993  p.66  1 photo

Bruce A. Smith   "C-17 Flight Tests Assess Aerodynamics"   Aviation Week & Space Technology  March 8, 1993  1 photo

"Parachutists Test C-17"   Aviation Week & Space Technology  July 19, 1993  p.17  1 photo

"C-17 Stages First Paratroop Drop"   Air Force  September 1993  p.17

"Pentagon Likely To Buy Fewer C-17 Transports"   Aviation Week & Space Technology  September 6, 1993  p.25  1 photo

Bruce A. Smith   "C-17 Redesign proposal May Cut Cost, Weight"   Aviation Week & Space Technology  August 22, 1994  p.27  1 photo

Bruce A. Smith  "C-17 Completes War Surge Test"   Aviation Week & Space Technology  July 24, 1995  p.23  1 photo

Robert Wall   "USAF Closes In On New C-17 Buy"   Aviation Week & Space Technology January 14, 2002  p.432  1 photo