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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AI-generated illustration of Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of the Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (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.)

All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar canonical 10
C-119G 3
C-119B 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

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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Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ
Sewart Air Force Base → aircraftStationed → Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar ⓘ
subject linked to: Sewart Air Force Base (former)
Pratt & Whitney R-2000 Twin Wasp → usedOnAircraft → Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar ⓘ
Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major → usedInAircraft → Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar ⓘ
Hagerstown Flying Boxcars → namedAfter → Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar ⓘ
subject linked to: HAG
Pope Air Force Base → aircraftOperated → C-119 Flying Boxcar ⓘ
linked to: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar