Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar

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military transport aircraft twin-boom aircraft twin-engine aircraft

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.

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All labels observed (7)

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

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 ⓘ

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 ⓘ