Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar

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The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar is a twin-boom, twin-engine military transport aircraft used extensively by the U.S. Air Force and other operators from the late 1940s through the 1960s for cargo, troop, and paratroop operations.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar canonical 6
C-119G 3
C-119B 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military transport aircraft ⓘ
twin-boom aircraft ⓘ
twin-engine aircraft ⓘ
basedOn Fairchild C-82 Packet ⓘ
cargoCapacity about 10,000 kg of cargo ⓘ
civilRegistrationPrefixExample N8501W ⓘ
configuration high-wing ⓘ
twin-boom tail ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crew 5 ⓘ
enteredServiceWith United States Air Force ⓘ
firstFlight 1947-11-17 ⓘ
height 8.4 m ⓘ
introduced 1949 ⓘ
length 26.3 m ⓘ
manufacturer Fairchild Aircraft ⓘ
maximumSpeed approximately 290 km/h ⓘ
maximumTakeoffWeight around 32,000 kg ⓘ
nicknamed Flying Boxcar ⓘ
notableFeature large box-like fuselage for cargo ⓘ
rear clamshell cargo doors ⓘ
numberBuilt over 1,100 ⓘ
paratroopCapacity about 42 paratroopers ⓘ
powerplant 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-4360 radial engines ⓘ
primaryUser Aeronautica Militare ⓘ
surface form: Italian Air Force

Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
productionPeriod late 1940s to mid-1950s ⓘ
range around 3,600 km ⓘ
retiredFromUSAF 1960s ⓘ
role aerial delivery of cargo ⓘ
cargo transport ⓘ
paratroop transport ⓘ
troop transport ⓘ
serviceCeiling around 7,600 m ⓘ
successor Lockheed C-130 Hercules ⓘ
troopCapacity about 62 troops ⓘ
usedInConflict First Indochina War ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
variant AC-130 gunship ⓘ
surface form: AC-119G Shadow

AC-119K Stinger ⓘ
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: C-119B

Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: C-119C

Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: C-119F

Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: C-119G
wingspan 33.3 m ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

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

Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum → hasAircraftOnDisplay → Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar ⓘ
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar → variant → Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: C-119B
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar → variant → Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: C-119C
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar → variant → Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: C-119F
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar → variant → Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: C-119G
Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone radial engine → notableApplication → Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar ⓘ
subject surface form: Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone
Flying Boxcar → variant → Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar ⓘ
subject surface form: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
this entity surface form: C-119A
Flying Boxcar → variant → Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar ⓘ
subject surface form: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
this entity surface form: C-119B
Flying Boxcar → variant → Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar ⓘ
subject surface form: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
this entity surface form: C-119C
Flying Boxcar → variant → Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar ⓘ
subject surface form: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
this entity surface form: C-119F
Flying Boxcar → variant → Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar ⓘ
subject surface form: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
this entity surface form: C-119G
AC-119K Stinger → basedOn → Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar ⓘ
AC-119K Stinger → airframeVariantOf → Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar ⓘ
this entity surface form: C-119G
AC-119K Stinger → developedFrom → Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar ⓘ
this entity surface form: C-119 transport aircraft
Fairchild C-82 Packet → successor → Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar ⓘ
Fairchild Aircraft → notableProduct → Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar ⓘ
Hagerstown Flying Boxcars → namedAfter → Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar ⓘ