could anyone help me find this plane I know my dad was around it when he was stationed in alsaska when he was in the airforce as he passed away when I was a young boy and I really didnt get to know anything about his youth only found this pic in is shoe box about a year ago and was wondering if anyone knows anything about it he was a fire fighter in the airforce any light anyone could shed on this I would be forever greatful for thanks was thinking of making a scale project out of it

jeff hines

I don't recognize that plane, but maybe if you could give some kind of timeline, When your dad was in the AF, etc. I'll look it up for you.

The airplane looks like a Farchild C-82 Packet, the forerunner of the C-119 Flying Boxcar. Look here for some more info:

http://www.mcchordairmuseum.org/REV%...2%20BORDER.htm

I hope that helped.

Looks like it would make an interesting scale project.

Eric

thanks for the replys guys
im not to sure on the time line im thinking it would have been in the 50's but as i said im not to sure on that but thanks for the info

jeff

Steve W got it exactly right, that is a fairchild C-82 Packet, The plane was first flown on the 10th of Sep 1944, 220 were made, but they never saw service during the WWII. In 1947 Fairchild developed and improved the C-82, and the new plane was designated the C-119. Good call Steve. Hope this info helps you out Jeff.

Jeff, you might rent the movie "Flght of the Phoenix" with James Stewart if you have never seen it. There are, if memory serves me correct, some great air to air shots of a Packet in the first few minutes of the movie. Then too, being a modeler, you'll like it!

Having only seen the under sides of Packets, I can't say which model the pic shows. When we were chasing Chinese and North Koreans during the Korean War, we often out ran our supply lines, or got into places jeeps and trucks couldn't go, so the Packets flew it in for us. Coming down amid the craggy hills to pinpoint the drops didn't allow enough altitude for some chutes to deploy, so you can figure what happened and why we ate busted crackers for days afterwards! One time the Chinese blew out a bridge ahead of us that caused a slight delay, but the Packets came over from Japan and dropped us a whole new bridge!

The Packet, whichever version rendered should make a fine model. The original was just a big empty box slung under a high lift wing with two engines to haul it all around. If you make one, let us see some progress shots now and then. Good luck,
Semper Fi Grampaw

Grampaw
Thanks for the info any chance do you have any pics of them ?I really thinking of making this plane but dont know really where to start never scathed built a plane before just trying to think what would be the best size ? to small zenoah 23's woulf be good but if I really wanted to go though with it I would make a smaller one first most likly useing to 46fx's but any help you or anyone could give me with this would be great thanks

Check out this website. It's the USAF Museum. They might be able to help you with drawings. They have one on display.

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/outdoor/od27.htm