Fairchild C-82 Packet

The C-82 Packet was a twin-engine twin-boom cargo aircraft designed and built by Fairchild Aircraft. It was used briefly by the United States Army Air Forces and United States Navy following World War II.

earlier Fairchild C-82 Packet, built between 1945 and 1948.1
Air Force Base), California, in a Fairchild C-82 Packet on the 12th April 1946. The first attempted flight trial was made on 3rd May 1946, in the presence of Dr.2
Fairchild C-82 Packet, another ex-military type that was really unknown in the civil world, wich was based in Paris and turned up at various European points with spare engines and engineers 3
Fairchild C-82 Packet - Simon Beck's website on the venerable Fairchild C-82 Packet.4
The Air Force C-119 Flying Boxcar (Navy R4-Q) was initially a redesign of the Fairchild C-82 Packet that was built between 1945 and 1948. The C-119 addressed many of the shortcomings of the Packet with more usable cargo space, more powerful engines, and a stronger airframe.5

Made by Fairchild Aircraft.

Fairchild C-82 Packet is the predecessor of the Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar.

Die Fairchild C-82 Packet ist ein zweimotoriges militärisches Transportflugzeug des US-amerikanischen Hersteller Fairchild Aircraft.6
Fairchild C-82 Packet - The first military airplane ever designed for transport use. Although it was developed during WW II, it didn't enter service in time to see operational service.7
Sort photos of Fairchild C-82 Packet by version Fairchild C-82 Packet Sort photos of Fairchild Canada 82 by airline Sort photos of 8
The C-119 Flying Boxcar, developed from the Fairchild C-82 Packet, was a twin-engine, twin-boom, twin-tail transport designed to carry cargo, personnel, litter patients, and mechanized equipment, and to drop cargo and troops 9
Height Main
802.64
Height Alt
8.03 m
Length Alt
23.50 m
Max Takeoff Weight Main
54000.0
Jet Or Prop
prop
Range Main
3
875 mi
Max Speed Alt
216
Type Of Prop
radials
Successor
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
Loading Main
30
Power/mass Main
360.0
Power/mass Alt
Capacity
34.0
Max Speed Main
248 mph
Cruise Speed Main
218 mph
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
24545.0
Ceiling Main
21200.0
Number Built
223
Crew
three
Max Speed More
at 17
500 ft
Span Main
106
Cruise Speed Alt
190
Area Main
1400.0
Cruise Speed More
at 10
000 ft
Primary user
Span Alt
32.46 m
Plane Or Copter?
Power Alt
1567.0
Engine(prop)
Pratt & Whitney R-2800-85
Manufacturer
Number Of Props
2
First Flight
10
Production End Year
1948
Origin
United States
National Origin
United States
Climb Rate Main
950.0
Power Main
2
100 hp
Production Start Year
1944
Climb Rate Alt
4.8 m-s
Variants With Their Own Articles
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
Length Main
2349.5
Area Alt
130.1 m²
Range Alt
3370
Similar Aircraft
* Nord Noratlas* Armstrong Whitworth AW.660 Argosy* C-123 Provider
Related
* C-119 Flying Boxcar* XC-120 Packplane
Empty Weight Main
32500.0
Ceiling Alt
6
460 m
Category
Produced
1944
Empty Weight Alt
14773.0
Loading Alt
146

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