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The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (Navy and Marine Corps designation R4Q) was 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 first C-119 made its initial flight in November 1947, and by the time production ceased in 1955, more than 1,100 C-119s had been built. Its cargo-hauling ability and unusual appearance earned it the nickname "Flying Boxcar".
The Air Force C-119 and Navy R4Q was initially a redesign of the earlier C-82 Packet, built between 1945 and 1948. The Packet provided service to the Air Force's Tactical Air Command and Military Air Transport Service for nearly nine years during which time its design was found to have several serious problems. All of these were addressed in the C-119.
In contrast to the C-82, the cockpit was moved forward to fit flush with the nose rather than its previous location over the cargo compartment. This resulted in more usable cargo space and larger loads than the C-82 could accommodate. The C-119 also featured more powerful engines, and a wider and stronger airframe. The first C-119 prototype (called the XC-82B) first flew in November 1947, with deliveries of C-119Bs from Fairchild's Hagerstown, Maryland factory beginning in December 1949.
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Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar history segment from the documentary, "Hagerstown-Remembering Our Aviation History" www.HagerstownAviationMuseum.org
This is the C119 that was used in the remake of "Flight of the Phoenix" It sat in an airpark with dirt runways for several months while awaiting its new home. This vid is of it leaving for that new home. I think it went to Gila Bend Arizona. Not a very good quality vid.
The Hagerstown Aviation Museum's 1953 C-119 engine run test in Greybull, WY October, 2008. www.HagerstownAviationMuseum.org
Al seguito al lancio dei Reparti operativi avvengono gli aviolanci dei materiale, che possono essere leggeri, medi e pesanti. Negli anni '60 era in dotazione all'Aeronautica Militare Italiana, quale velivolo di Trasporto, il C-119.
Il Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar era un bimotore da trasporto tattico ad ala alta, prodotto dall'Azienda statunitense Fairchild Aircraft negli anni cinquanta. Venne adottato da numerose aeronautiche militari, tra le quali l'italiana Aeronautica Militare. E' stato in dotazione presso la 46^ Aerobrigata di Pisa fino a quando non è stato sostituito dal G-222 e dal C-130.
I'm gonna tell you a well known story
A sacrifice of innocents
24 days of agony
How a last dive, gave them no chance
Somewhere in the arctic, the Russians were telling a
Forgotten by the world
In the rescue chamber, flooded with water
A.D. had to die
Hell awaits the enemy, somewhere in the Barents sea
The system is failing
Hell awaits the enemy, victim of hypocrisy
The system is lying
They will never come back home again
And I've lost another friend
They will never come back home
They are the victims of a vicious game
Commanders of the Russian fleet
Decided to conceal the truth
Somewhere down in the deep
The wreck revealed, they could have saved you
In a grave of steel, the truth was so real
Locked in the shell, their own private hell
One day we all will know why
Hell awaits the enemy, somewhere in the Barents sea
The system is failing
Hell awaits the enemy, victim of hypocrisy
The system is lying
They will never come back home again
And I've lost another friend
They will never come back home
They are the victims of a vicious game...
They will never come back home again