Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!cbnews!military From: shafer@drynix (Mary Shafer) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Aircraft which can hold more than a crew of 2 ... Message-ID: <10705@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 28 Oct 89 04:21:31 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Lines: 44 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Mary Shafer "R. D. da Cunha" writes: > Stephen D. Grant asked for some military aircraft wich have a crew with more >than two people: > I remember of some military aircraft which have a crew with more than two >people. Here is my list: > Grumman EA-6B Prowler (with a crew of 4) > British Victor (with a crew of 4) > British Swordfish of WWII vintage, which sometimes had a crew of 3 > British Vickers Valiant (with a crew of 5) > British Vulcan (with a crew of 3) > B-58 Hustler (with a crew of 4) Lockheed S-3A - crew of 4 (pilot and co-pilot plus 2 systems types) S-3B - crew of 4 (pilot plus 3 systems types) P-3 - at least 4 C-5 - at least 4 Boeing B-52 - crew of 4 KC-135 - crew of 4 E-3 - crew of many Douglas KC-10 - crew of 4 Rockwell B-1 - crew of 4 All the SAR helicopters have at least 4 crew members I think we're thinking too much about fighters. Most aircraft have crews of about four, only fighters have only one or two. In particular, cargo aircraft have two cockpit crew and at least one loadmaster. Tankers have two cockpit crew and at least one boom operator (USAF version!) Anti-submarine and AWACS types have large crews to run the systems. -- Mary Shafer shafer@elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov ames!elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov!shafer NASA Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, CA Of course I don't speak for NASA