Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com> wrote in
news:q1so720225@drn.newsguy.com:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_C-26_Metroliner
>
> The Fairchild C-26 "Metroliner" is the designation for the Fairchild
> Swearingen Metroliner series twin turboprop aircraft in the service of
> the United States military. It was not officially named by the US
> Armed Forces, but is unofficially known by the same name as its
> civilian counterpart. The C-26A is the military version of the Model
> SA227-AC Metro III; the C-26B is the military version of the Model
> SA227-BC Metro III and Model SA227-DC Metro 23; and UC-26C is the
> military designation for the Model SA227-AT Merlin IVC.
>
> Role
> Military transport aircraft
>
> Manufacturer
> Fairchild Aircraft
>
> Status
> Active, not in production
>
> Primary users
> United States Air Force
> United States Army
> United States Navy
>
> Developed from
> Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner
>
> The United States Air Force bought eleven C-26A aircraft based on the
> SA227-AC, two of these being supplied to the Venezuelan Air Force. The
> first three C-26Bs were procured later in the 1980s, two for the US
> Army and one for the USAF. These three had been built as SA227-BC
> models. Later C-26Bs were the military equivalent of the Metro 23 and
> the USAF took delivery of 37 examples. Some of these were transferred
> to the Peruvian Air Force and the US Army, while six were transferred
> to the US Navy as C-26Ds. The US Army also took a second-hand Merlin
> IVC and operated it as the solitary UC-26C.
>
Made in San Antonio, IIRC..........
> A Metro III, c/n AC-614, was modified as the Fairchild
> Aircraft/Lockheed Multi Mission Surveillance Aircraft, featuring a
> Lockheed phased array radar in a long pod under the fuselage. Several
> aspects of the MMSA aircraft were incorporated on some USAF C-26s
> redesignated as the RC-26B, operated by the Air National Guard (ANG)
> in various states. These aircraft have been primarily used for
> Department of Defense reconnaissance mission support to various
> agencies of the Department of Homeland Security such as the United
> States Coast Guard (USCG) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in
> the War on Drugs, and to USCG and/or the Federal Emergency Management
> Agency (FEMA) in the wake of natural disasters. The RC-26B aircraft
> were originally configured with a belly pod containing a sensor turret
> and a data recorder. Recently, this pod has been removed and a sensor
> turret has been added to the belly of the aircraft. Some of the
> RC-26Bs were operated for a time with civil registrations.
>
> The US Navy operates several C-26D aircraft, modified for range
> support, at the Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands in
> Hawaii.
>
> Specifications (C-26A)
>
> General characteristics
> Crew: two
> Capacity: 22/14 passengers
> Length: 42 ft 2 in (12.85 m)
> Wingspan: 46 ft 3 in (14.01 m)
> Height: 16.83 ft (5.13 m)
> Max. takeoff weight: 14,000 lb (6,400 kg)
> Fuel: 625 gal (2,370 L))
> 1,400 hp (1080 kW) each
>
> Performance
> Maximum speed: 288 knots (331 mph, 533 km/h)
> Range: 2,025 nm (2,331 mi, 3,750 km)
> Service ceiling: 31,000 ft (9,500 m)
> Power/mass: 0.2 hp/lb (337.5 W/kg)
>
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