Aviones Fairchild: libros - historia y modelos

Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar: The Complete Service Histories

El Fairchild C-119 "Flying Boxcar- fue en la década de 1950 el principal avión de transporte de las fuerzas armadas de EE. UU. para carga y paracaidistas. Demostró su valor en la Guerra de Corea y regresó en Vietnam como gunship armado.
Este libro ilustrado recoge la historia completa de los 1.185 C-119, tanto militares como civiles. Incluye listas de producción, tablas cruzadas y amplios anexos sobre pérdidas, accidentes y ejemplares conservados.

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Fairchild C-82 Packet : The Military and Civil History

Originally designed as a cargo and paratroop transport during World War II, the Fairchild C-82 Packet is today mainly remembered for its starring role in the Hollywood film The Flight of the Phoenix (1965).
Its ungainly appearance earned it the nickname "the flying boxcar" but the aircraft was the first to achieve practical end-loading and aerial delivery of cargoes. Its outsized capacity served the U.S. military's needs for more than ten years-civilian operators flew it in remote locations like Alaska and South America for a further three decades.

This book provides a comprehensive history of the C-82, detailing each of the 224 aircraft built, with technical diagrams, multiple appendices and more than 200 photos.

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