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Fairchild XC-120 Packplane

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Prototype airlifter model by Fairchild

XC-120 Packplane
Composite image of the sole XC-120 on the ground, and in flight.
General information
Type	Military transport aircraft
Manufacturer	Fairchild
Number built	1
History
First flight	11 August 1950
Developed from	C-119 Flying Boxcar

TheFairchild XC-120 Packplane was an American experimentalmodular aircraft first flown in 1950. It was developed from the company'sC-119 Flying Boxcar, and was unique in the unconventional use of removable cargo pods that were attached below the fuselage, instead of possessing an internal cargo compartment.

Design and development

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The XC-120 Packplane began as aC-119B fuselage (48-330, c/n 10312) with a point just below theflight deck cut off to create the space for the detachable cargo pod.^{[citation needed]} The fuselage was raised by several feet, and smaller diameter "twinned" wheels were installed forward of each of the main landing gear struts to serve as nosewheels, while the main struts were extended backwards.

All four landing gear units, in matching "nose" and "main" sets, could be raised and lowered to allow cargo to be preloaded into the pods; it was claimed that such an arrangement would speed up loading and unloading cargo.^[1]

Production aircraft were to be designated C-128.

Operational history

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Only one XC-120 was built. Though the aircraft was tested extensively and made numerous airshow appearances in the early 1950s the project went no further. It was tested by the Air Proving Ground Command atEglin Air Force Base, Florida, in 1951,^[2] before the project was abandoned in 1952.^[3] The prototype was eventually scrapped.

Specifications (XC-120)

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Data from^[4]

General characteristics

Crew: Five (pilot, copilot, flight engineer, two loadmasters)
Capacity: 20,000 lb (9,090 kg) (2,700 cu.ft)
Length: 82 ft 10 in (25.25 m)
Wingspan: 106 ft 6 in (32.46 m)
Height: 25 ft 1 in (7.65 m)
Wing area: 1,447 sq ft (134.4 m²)
Empty weight: 16,195 lb (7,386 kg) (without container)^{[citation needed]}
Gross weight: 51,646 lb (23,426 kg)^{[citation needed]}
Max takeoff weight: 64,000 lb (29,030 kg)
Powerplant: 2 ×Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major radial engines, 3,250 hp (2,420 kW) each for takeoff

Performance

Maximum speed: 220 kn (250 mph, 400 km/h)^[5]
Cruise speed: 152 kn (175 mph, 282 km/h)^[5]
Range: 1,990 nmi (2,290 mi, 3,690 km)^[5]
Service ceiling: 23,900 ft (7,300 m)^[5]

References

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^Micheal O'Leary (November 1978). "Those Fabulous Flops".Air Progress.
^Staff,"XC-120 Goes to Eglin for Tests"Archived 2017-08-08 at theWayback Machine,Aviation Week, 11 June 1951, Vol. 54, No. 24, p. 15.
^"1946-1948 USAAF-USAF Serial Numbers".joebaugher.com. July 13, 2017.Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. RetrievedAugust 7, 2017.
^"Cargo Carrier Concept"Flight International. Archived at[1]. Archive date 28 December 2022
^^a ^b ^c ^dJohnson 2013, p. 191

Evans, Stanley H. "Cargo Carrier Concept:Design-logic for Airborne Logistics: The Fairchild XC-120 Pack-plane".Flight, 21 September 1950. pp. 331–333.
Johnson, E. R. (2013).American Military Transport Aircraft Since 1925. Jefferson, North Carolina, US: McFarland & Company, Inc, Publishers.ISBN 978-0-7864-6269-8.

External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related toFairchild XC-120 Packplane.

Video about the XC-120
The short filmBig Picture: Chinese Reds Enter the Korean War is available for free viewing and download at theInternet Archive. Contains segment about the plane.

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