Fairchild Aircraft: Illustrated History Books & Guides

Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar: The Complete Service Histories

The Fairchild C-119 "Flying Boxcar- was the main U.S. military transport aircraft of the 1950s, widely used for cargo and paratroop missions during the Cold War. It proved its value in the Korean War by supplying U.S. forces from the air, and later returned to combat in Vietnam as an armed gunship.
This illustrated reference records the complete service history of all 1.185 C-119 aircraft, both military and civilian. It includes detailed production lists, cross-referenced tables, and extensive appendices covering combat losses, accidents, and surviving examples.

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Fairchild C-82 Packet : The Military and Civil History

Originally designed as a cargo and paratroop transport during World War II, the Fairchild C-82 Packet is today mainly remembered for its starring role in the Hollywood film The Flight of the Phoenix (1965).
Its ungainly appearance earned it the nickname "the flying boxcar" but the aircraft was the first to achieve practical end-loading and aerial delivery of cargoes. Its outsized capacity served the U.S. military's needs for more than ten years-civilian operators flew it in remote locations like Alaska and South America for a further three decades.

This book provides a comprehensive history of the C-82, detailing each of the 224 aircraft built, with technical diagrams, multiple appendices and more than 200 photos.

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