The Curtiss C-46 Commando is a low-wing, twin-engine aircraft derived from the Curtiss CW-20 pressurized high-altitude airliner design. Early press reports...
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This is a list of surviving Curtiss C-46 Commandos, including both airworthy and on display or stored aircraft. As of August 2021, there are three aircraft...
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The Curtiss C-46 Commando was a transport aircraft originally derived from a commercial high-altitude airliner design. It was instead used as a military...
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might have been produced made more C-46 Commandoes for which the C-76 would have been a substitute. In 1941, Curtiss-Wright was contracted by the United...
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War–era Curtiss C-46 Commando transport fleet. First flown on 12 November 1970, quantity production of the type commenced during the following year. The C-1...
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Aeronautics Board (CAB) investigated the accident and concluded that the Curtiss C-46 Commando aircraft had been overloaded by 2,000 lb (910 kg) above its maximum...
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payload Curtiss C-46 Commando, which filled a similar role for the U.S. military. Approximately 100 countries' armed forces have operated the C-47 with...
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On December 16, 1951, a Miami Airlines Curtiss C-46 Commando airliner crashed in the city of Elizabeth, New Jersey, shortly after taking off from nearby...
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for large-scale C-76 production were rejected. The Louisville plant was converted to C-46 Commando production, delivering 438 Commandos to supplement the...
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the Laotian Civil War. On 5 September 1963, he was a member of a Curtiss C-46 Commando air crew shot down near Ban Houei Sane, Laos. He was held in nine...
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rifle Curtiss C-46 Commando, an American transport aircraft Commando (aircraft), a very long range Consolidated Liberator II aircraft Commando (pigeon)...
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707-331C 6 Curtiss-Wright C-46A Commando 4 Douglas DC-6A/B 2 Douglas DC-8-20 Davis John M, Martin Harold G, and Whittle John A. The Curtiss C-46 Commando 1978...
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Archived from the original on October 27, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2019. "Curtiss C-46". Delta Museum. Archived from the original on April 8, 2019. Retrieved...
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these aircraft in the past: 1 Beechcraft 1900C 3 Boeing 727-100F 4 Curtiss C-46 Commando 1 Douglas DC-4 5 Douglas DC-6B 2 Handley Page Herald 1 Piper PA-28...
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Puerto Plata, La Romana and Santiago de los Caballeros, acquiring Curtiss C-46 Commando and Aviation Traders Carvair airplanes. In 1960, the airline was...
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Pacific from c. September–December 1945. The unit was equipped first with the Curtiss C-46 Commando, and then converted to the Consolidated C-87 Liberator...
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The 1945 Beiping Curtiss C-46 Commando crash occurred on October 12, 1945, when a USAAF Curtiss C-46 Commando aircraft crashed near Nanyuan Airport in...
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Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 205 (category Accidents and incidents involving the Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando)
history and is currently the sixth-worst involving a Curtiss C-46 Commando. The Curtiss C-46 Commando, registration LV-GED, took off from Buenos Aires at...
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a loaded C-109 inevitably resulted in an explosion and crew fatalities, earning it the nickname "C-One-Oh-Boom". The Curtiss C-46 Commando began to fly...
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as TWA Flight 529. On December 16, 1956, a Zantop Air Transport Curtiss C-46 Commando made a straight-in visual flight rules (VFR) approach to LGB when...
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14, 1972 as AeroNorte Ltda. and commenced operations using the Curtiss C-46 Commando. In 1975, it started regional cargo services and bought 2 Douglas...
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The wreckage of a Curtiss C-46 Commando that crashed in shallow water at Norman's Cay in November 1980 (1999)...
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1949 and 1989, the squadron flew a variety of types such as the Curtiss C-46 Commando, Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star and McDonnell Douglas F-4D Phantom...
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organized in 1949 as the 335th Troop Carrier Squadron. It trained with Curtiss C-46 Commando aircraft and was called to active duty for the Korean War until...
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aircraft: The airline also operated: Douglas DC-2 Douglas DC-6 Curtiss C-46 Commando de Havilland Canada DHC-7 Dash 7 Sahsa Airlines was involved in...
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The Curtiss XP-46 was a 1940s American prototype fighter aircraft. It was a development of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation in an effort to introduce the...
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Consolidated B-24 Liberator, an American long-range heavy bomber Curtiss C-46 Commando, a twin-engine pressurized high-altitude transport aircraft Heinkel...
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resulted in the deaths of all forty occupants of the aircraft. The Curtiss C-46 Commando was developed between 1937 and 1940 as a transport aircraft for...
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Superfortress Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter Douglas C-124 Globemaster II Douglas F3D Skyknight Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer Curtiss C-46 Commando Douglas A-1 Skyraider...
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