Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar

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The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar is a twin-boom, twin-engine military transport aircraft used extensively by the U.S. Air Force and other operators from the late 1940s through the 1960s for cargo, troop, and paratroop operations.

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Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar canonical 6
C-119G 3
C-119B 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military transport aircraft
twin-boom aircraft
twin-engine aircraft
basedOn Fairchild C-82 Packet
cargoCapacity about 10,000 kg of cargo
civilRegistrationPrefixExample N8501W
configuration high-wing
twin-boom tail
countryOfOrigin United States
crew 5
enteredServiceWith United States Air Force
firstFlight 1947-11-17
height 8.4 m
introduced 1949
length 26.3 m
manufacturer Fairchild Aircraft
maximumSpeed approximately 290 km/h
maximumTakeoffWeight around 32,000 kg
nicknamed Flying Boxcar
notableFeature large box-like fuselage for cargo
rear clamshell cargo doors
numberBuilt over 1,100
paratroopCapacity about 42 paratroopers
powerplant 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-4360 radial engines
primaryUser Italian Air Force
Republic of China Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
United States Air Force
United States Marine Corps
productionPeriod late 1940s to mid-1950s
range around 3,600 km
retiredFromUSAF 1960s
role aerial delivery of cargo
cargo transport
paratroop transport
troop transport
serviceCeiling around 7,600 m
successor Lockheed C-130 Hercules
troopCapacity about 62 troops
usedInConflict First Indochina War
Korean War
Vietnam War
variant AC-119G Shadow
linked to: AC-130 gunship

AC-119K Stinger
C-119B
C-119C
C-119F
C-119G
wingspan 33.3 m

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Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum hasAircraftOnDisplay Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar variant C-119B
linked to: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar variant C-119C
linked to: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar variant C-119F
linked to: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar variant C-119G
linked to: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone notableApplication Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar variant C-119A
subject linked to: Flying Boxcar
linked to: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar variant C-119B
subject linked to: Flying Boxcar
linked to: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar variant C-119C
subject linked to: Flying Boxcar
linked to: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar variant C-119F
subject linked to: Flying Boxcar
linked to: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar variant C-119G
subject linked to: Flying Boxcar
linked to: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
AC-119K Stinger basedOn Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
AC-119K Stinger airframeVariantOf C-119G
linked to: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
AC-119K Stinger developedFrom C-119 transport aircraft
linked to: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
Fairchild C-82 Packet successor Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
Fairchild Aircraft notableProduct Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
Hagerstown Flying Boxcars namedAfter Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar