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A Chase XG-20 glider, which was later converted to the XC-123A prototype. The XC-123 prototype. The C-123 Provider was designed originally as an assault glider aircraft for the United States Air Force (USAF) by Chase Aircraft as the XCG-20 (Chase designation MS-8 Avitruc) [2] Two powered variants of the XCG-20 were developed during the early 1950s, as the XC-123 and XC-123A.
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.
The de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou (designated by the United States military as the CV-2 and later C-7 Caribou) is a Canadian specialized cargo aircraft with short takeoff and landing capability. The Caribou was first flown in 1958 and although mainly retired from military operations, is still in use in small numbers as a rugged bush airplane .
A Canadian airline plans to expand its fleet with a futuristic "blended-wing body" aircraft. The design would be a first in commercial aviation. The manufacturer plans to also build a 200-person ...
The Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, nicknamed "Old Shaky", is an American heavy-lift cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, California.. The C-124 was the primary heavy-lift transport for United States Air Force (USAF) Military Air Transport Service (MATS) during the 1950s and early 1960s, until the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter entered service.
Destroyed while on the ground when struck by debris from a nearby mid-air collision between an F-16 and a C-130. The aircraft was in the process of loading Army Paratroops at the time. [61] [42] 13 Sep 1997: C-141B: 65-9405: 305 AMW: Atlantic Ocean, 80 miles off the coast of Namibia, Africa: 9 crew: Mid-air collision with a German Air Force Tu ...
The Stroukoff YC-134, designed in 1956, was based heavily on the Fairchild C-123 Provider, itself designed by Michael Stroukoff.The United States military contracted with Stroukoff Aircraft Corporation to develop an improved version of the aircraft, combining features that the company had developed for the YC-123D and YC-123E.
So WindRunner will have a cargo bay volume of 272,000 cubic feet, enough to hold three Olympic swimming pools. That’s 12 times the volume of a Boeing 747-400 and – at 356 feet in length, it ...