{"id":5774,"date":"2026-10-20T07:18:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jfmwebsie.xyz\/my_website2\/aircraft\/fairchild-c-119-boxcar\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T18:59:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T18:59:36","slug":"fairchild-c-119-boxcar","status":"publish","type":"aircraft","link":"https:\/\/jfmwebsie.xyz\/my_website2\/aircraft\/fairchild-c-119-boxcar\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar<\/strong> (Navy and Marine Corps designation <strong>R4Q<\/strong>) is an American military transport aircraft developed from the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\">World War II<\/a>-era <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fairchild_C-82_Packet\">Fairchild C-82 Packet<\/a>, designed to carry <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cargo\">cargo<\/a>, personnel, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Litter_(rescue_basket)\">litter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patient\">patients<\/a>, and mechanized equipment, and to drop cargo and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Troop\">troops<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parachute\">parachute<\/a>. The first C-119 made its <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maiden_flight\">initial flight<\/a> in November 1947, and by the time production ceased in 1955, more than 1,100 had been built.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Development<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force C-119 and Navy R4Q were developments of the earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fairchild_C-82_Packet\">C-82A Packet<\/a>, of which 223 were built between 1945 and 1948. The Packet had provided limited service to the Air Force&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tactical_Air_Command\">Tactical Air Command<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Military_Air_Transport_Service\">Military Air Transport Service<\/a> before its design was found to have several serious problems. Though the C-82A continued in service until replaced, some of these issues were addressed in the C-82B which first flew in 1947. The C-82B would later be re-classified as the C-119.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To improve pilot visibility, enlarge the cargo area, and streamline aerodynamics, the C-119 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cockpit\">cockpit<\/a> was moved forward to fit flush with the nose, rather than over the cargo compartment. The correspondingly longer fuselage resulted in more usable cargo space and larger loads than the C-82 could accommodate. The C-119 also got new engines, with 60% more power, four-bladed props to three, and a wider and stronger <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Airframe\">airframe<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first C-119 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prototype\">prototype<\/a> (called the XC-82B) made its initial flight in November 1947, with deliveries of C-119Bs from Fairchild&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hagerstown,_Maryland\">Hagerstown, Maryland<\/a> factory beginning in December 1949<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (Navy and Marine Corps designation R4Q) is 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. 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