{"id":17301,"date":"2024-03-05T01:15:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T15:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/fairchild-c-119-flying-boxcar-history\/"},"modified":"2024-03-05T01:15:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T15:15:13","slug":"the-story-of-fairchilds-twin-boom-c-119-flying-boxcar-transport-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=17301","title":{"rendered":"The Story Of Fairchild’s Twin-Boom C-119 ‘Flying Boxcar’ Transport Aircraft"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar was a twin-boom twin-tail military transport plane designed and developed by Fairchild Aircraft. It was designed to carry troops and cargo for military missions and exercises, and performed its first flight in November 1947, according to the National Museum of the USAF<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The C-119 proved to be a successful gunship, providing close ground support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,620,408,412,5,1625,5614],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-cargo","category-history","category-military","category-transport","category-usaf","category-vietnam"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t