Product code: 1950’s Aviation Paratrooper Fairchild C-119 purchases Flying Boxcar USAF B&W 8”x10” Photo
Official 8” x 10” Photograph, taken Circa 1950 The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (Navy and Marine Corps designation R4Q) was an American military transport aircraft developed from the World War II-era Fairchild C-82 Packet, designed to carry cargo, personnel, litter patients, and mechanized equipment, and to drop cargo and troops by parachute. The first C-119 made its initial flight in November 1947, and by the time production ceased in 1955, more than 1,100 C-119s had been built. Its cargo-hauling ability and unusual twin-boom design earned it the nickname "Flying Boxcar". A total of ~1,183 Flying Boxcars of all variants were purchases built. General characteristics Crew: 5 (pilot, co-pilot, navigator, radio operator and crew chief) Capacity: 67 troops or 35 stretchers or 27,500 lb (12,500 kg) cargo[120] Length: 86 ft 6 in (26.37 m) Wingspan: 109 ft 3 in (33.30 m) Height: 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20W 28-cylinder air-cooled radial engines, 3,500 hp each 002.
Official 8” x 10” Photograph, taken Circa 1950 The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (Navy and Marine Corps designation R4Q) was an American military transport aircraft developed from the World War II-era Fairchild C-82 Packet, designed to carry cargo, personnel, litter patients, and mechanized equipment, and to drop cargo and troops by parachute. The first C-119 made its initial flight in November 1947, and by the time production ceased in 1955, more than 1,100 C-119s had been built. Its cargo-hauling ability and unusual twin-boom design earned it the nickname "Flying Boxcar". A total of ~1,183 Flying Boxcars of all variants were purchases built. General characteristics Crew: 5 (pilot, co-pilot, navigator, radio operator and crew chief) Capacity: 67 troops or 35 stretchers or 27,500 lb (12,500 kg) cargo[120] Length: 86 ft 6 in (26.37 m) Wingspan: 109 ft 3 in (33.30 m) Height: 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20W 28-cylinder air-cooled radial engines, 3,500 hp each 002.