Keywords: YC-123E with pantobase landing gear 1955.jpg en A U S Air Force Stroukoff YC-123E-SA Provider s/n 55-4031 originally 54-554 fitted with a pantobase landing gear taking off from the Delaware River off the U S Navy Naval Air Auxiliary Facility Philadelphia in 1955 The YC-123E was also equipped with a conventional landing gear Pilots Roy Peltz Buck Atkinson U S Navy Naval Aviation News December 1955 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1950s/1955/Dec55 pdf p 33 1955 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy Fairchild C-123 Provider Naval Air Materiel Center Philadelphia Stroukoff aircraft 1955 in the United States |