In article <XnsA6A48415D2A8johnszalayattnet@216.166.97.131>, john Szalay says...
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>Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com> wrote in
>news:nu1b5j018a7@drn.newsguy.com:
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>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_C-119_Flying_Boxcar
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>> 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".
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>> The Air Force C-119 and Navy R4Q was initially a redesign of the
>> earlier C-82 Packet, built between 1945 and 1948. The Packet provided
>> service to the Air Force's Tactical Air Command and Military Air
>> Transport Service for nearly nine years during which time its design
>> was found to have several serious problems. All of these were
>> addressed in the C-119.
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>> In contrast to the C-82, the cockpit was moved forward to fit flush
>> with the nose rather than its previous location over the cargo
>> compartment. This resulted in more usable cargo space and larger loads
>> than the C-82 could accommodate. The C-119 also featured more powerful
>> engines, and a wider and stronger airframe. The first C-119 prototype
>> (called the XC-82B) first flew in November 1947, with deliveries of
>> C-119Bs from Fairchild's Hagerstown, Maryland factory beginning in
>> December 1949.
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>Been there, done that.
>my first 3 jumps in the airborne were from C-119s
>neat flying with the clamshell doors off too.
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I thought maybe you or someone else may have been jump qualified and experienced
the wonders of the 119.
After the VietWar, I was stationed at Ft Campbell in 1970. A 10,000 runway and
no airplanes...just a basic training post. Within a year, we got in the 173rd
AirBorne Bde then the 101st AirBorne Division.
Don't recall what they used as aircraft...the only flying I got was in one of
the three sad worn-out Korean War vintage H-13s they had...the only way I could
still get my flight pay.
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