Flying Boxcar

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military transport aircraft twin-boom aircraft

The Flying Boxcar is a twin-boom military transport aircraft known for its boxy fuselage and extensive use by the U.S. Air Force for cargo and troop transport in the mid-20th century.

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Label	Occurrences
Flying Boxcar canonical	2

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military transport aircraft ⓘ twin-boom aircraft ⓘ
capacity	35 stretchers ⓘ 62 paratroopers ⓘ cargo up to about 10,000 kg ⓘ
configuration	high-wing ⓘ twin-boom ⓘ
convertedTo	AC-119 gunship variants ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crew	5 ⓘ
developedFrom	Fairchild C-82 Packet ⓘ
engineType	radial piston engine ⓘ
firstFlight	1947 ⓘ
fuselageShape	boxy ⓘ
introduced	1949 ⓘ
length	approximately 26 meters ⓘ
manufacturer	Fairchild Aircraft ⓘ
maximumSpeed	about 290 mph ⓘ
nickname	Flying Boxcar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
notableFeature	ability to airdrop cargo and troops ⓘ rear clamshell cargo doors ⓘ
numberBuilt	over 1100 ⓘ
operationalEra	1950s ⓘ 1960s ⓘ late 1940s ⓘ
powerplant	2 × Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major ⓘ
primaryRole	airdrop operations ⓘ cargo transport ⓘ troop transport ⓘ
range	about 2000 miles ⓘ
retiredFromUSAF	1970s ⓘ
successor	Lockheed C-130 Hercules ⓘ
tailType	twin-tail ⓘ
usedBy	French Air Force ⓘ Aeronautica Militare ⓘ surface form: Italian Air Force Republic of China Air Force ⓘ Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ
usedInConflict	First Indochina War ⓘ Korean War ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ
variant	AC-119K Stinger ⓘ surface form: AC-119G Shadow AC-119K Stinger ⓘ Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar ⓘ surface form: C-119A Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar ⓘ surface form: C-119B Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar ⓘ surface form: C-119C Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar ⓘ surface form: C-119F Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar ⓘ surface form: C-119G
wingspan	approximately 33 meters ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar → nicknamed → Flying Boxcar ⓘ

Flying Boxcar → nickname → Flying Boxcar self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar