C-82 transports tanks, ammunition, supplies, troops and paratroops, and tows gliders; it has range of 3500 mi and is in 50,000-lb class; featured by twin-boom tail and 2100-hp Pratt and Whitney radial engine is mounted on forward end of each boom; this construction permits direct loading from rear and entire rear of fuselage swings open so that vehicles can be driven directly into plane.


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    Title :

    Fairchild C-82 "packet"


    Additional title:

    Aero Digest


    Published in:

    Aero Digest ; 47 , n 4


    Publication date :

    1944


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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