Heavy lifters at Baldonnel?

[Dublin Spotter]

I was wondering what the largest aircraft to visit the "Don" has been. By largest I mean by way of MTOW (Max Take off Weight)

[futurepilot]

I believe it was the C124 Globemaster II. Several of them took troops down to the Congo.

[Snapper]

A Boeing 707 visited BAL in the late 90s - would it have had a greater mtow than the Globey? '>

[Irish251]

A quick Google search throws up the following stats on the MTOW of large types that have landed at Baldonnel:

Boeing 707-320B           MTOW 333,600lb
C-124                          MTOW 216,000lb
CL-44                          MTOW 210,000lb

Of course the 707 that visited EIME was probably empty, so the comparison is to a degree academic.

[futurepilot]

Just got home and grabbed a look at the Air Corps book. It states that the C124 was the largest plane ever to land at Baldonnel.

[Turkey]

'Biggest thing I have ever seen wiv my own mince pies was a Royal Danish C-130J, there about 10 weeks ago. '>

[alpha foxtrot 07]

biggist i have seen would be a USN P-3