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The C-82 Packet is a twin-engine, twin-boom cargo aircraft designed and built by Fairchild Aircraft. It was used briefly by the United States Army Air Forces and the successor United States Air Force following World War II.
The C-82 Packet led to the C-119 Flying Boxcar, another U.S. military transport aircraft. The C-119 could carry cargo, personnel, stretcher patients and mechanized equipment with the ability to make "paradrops" of cargo and troops.
The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (Navy and Marine Corps designation R4Q) is 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.
Fairchild 82 CF-AXC of British Yukon Navigation, on the ice at Mayo Dominion Skyways Fairchild 82. The Fairchild 82 was a rugged aircraft and it found a niche as a freighter especially in northern Canada, although export versions were used for a variety of roles including surveying and light transport.
C-82 Packet. In 1942, Fairchild developed the Fairchild Model 78, which was designed specifically for military transport. [4] He was awarded a military contract to build his large-capacity twin-boom plane, which featured a hinged rear door used to load bulky cargo to be designated the C-82 Packet. [4]
Fairchild C-82 Packet; Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar; Fairchild AC-119; Fairchild XC-120 Packplane; Fairchild C-123 Provider; D. Dornier 328; F. Fairchild F-27 ...
M22 tank being loaded into Fairchild C-82 Packet transport. Extensive testing of the M22 occurred in 1943 and 1944, and was conducted by both the Ordnance Department and the British Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV) Gunnery School at Lulworth Ranges. These tests uncovered a number of faults and problems with the Locust. [16]
Operated Curtiss C-46 [16] Aerovias Monder: 1955: 1957: Integrated into Aerotransportes Litoral Argentino. Operated Avro Anson, Beech AT-11 Kansan, Curtiss C-46, Fairchild C-82 Packet, Lockheed Lodestar [17] Aerovias Pancontinental: 1963: 1971: Established as Lloyds Aereo Pancontinental. Operated Curtiss C-46 [18] Aerovip: 2D: AOG: AVIP: 1999: ...