Fairchild C-119G 'Flying Boxcar'
The Fairchild C-119 was a larger and improved version of the Fairchild C-82 'Packet'. It was designed for the air-drop of paratroops and large cargo, and it featured rear clam-shell doors along with a monorail system for the delivery of items through doors in the floor of the cargo compartment. Initial versions were powered by the Pratt-Whitney R-4360 engines, but later versions use the R-3350 engine, and gross weight was increased to 85,000 lbs. The most produced version of the aircraft was the C-119G. C-119s served principally with Troop Carrier Command Wings; and saw wartime service in Korea with the 314th Air Division. Several aircraft were modified in 1960 using 'snatch' techniques to recover space capsules during their descent from orbit. During the Vietnam War, some C-119s were coverted to 'gun-ships' (AC-119), and equipped with two 20mm rotary barrel cannons in gun pods.
RCAF S/N 22114 is a C-119G built by Fairchild Aircraft at Hagerstown, Maryland and delivered to the Royal Canadian Air Force Air Transport Command on March 18, 1953. It served with various units including No. 436 Squadron at Downsview, and later Uplands, Ontario. It was flown to the RCAF Storage Area at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on June 28, 1965; and sold to a private firm in the United States on February 1, 1967. The aircraft was flown to the museum from Greybull, Wyoming on October 24, 1988. It is currently painted in USAF markings.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Power Plants: Two 2,700 hp Pratt & Whitney R-3350-85 radial engines.
Dimensions:
Span: 109 ft 3 in.
Length: 86 ft 6 in.
Height: 26 ft 6 in.
Weight: Empty - 39,800 lbs. Gross - 74,000 lbs.
Performance:
Max. Speed: 281 mph at 18,000 ft.
Service Ceiling: 23,900 ft.
Range 1,770 miles.
