If I recall correctly, the gap shown between the two rows of cylinders, providing a view into the crankcase, originally held another row of cylinders.
Known affectionately by all who flew her,385,000 rivets flying in formation.
Had the wing of a B36 the engines of a dc7 and the inflight capability of engine repair. Feather the engine and 45 minutes later the extra engineer could climb down the hugest entry ladder in the world walk halfway to the rear down a hatch and another ladder open a pressure sealed hatch and crawl out and change plugs in flight inside the engines. held a flashlight for an an engineer on a 28 hour flight from Japan to HNl to Travis. Thought that mother would never land. No inflight refueling. Great aircraft stayed around a long time. replaced by the C131 Samaratan. looked like a stretched C130
In '68 cross-trained from choppers to comm/nav tech and was assigned to Dover. They had 124s,133s, and 141s. A 124 was written up for a squeal in the ICS. Simple enough, right. Well the 124 had 24 ICS stations. With one in each of the 4 engine nacelles. After much grief it turned out to be a problem in the No. 4 nacelle. It seems that a conscientious crew chief decided to pretty up the terminal strips and used conductive silver spray paint. Never flew a Shakey but on engine run-ups I could tell she earned her name legitimately.
If I recall correctly, the gap shown between the two rows of cylinders, providing a view into the crankcase, originally held another row of cylinders.