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Although it went on to be used for other uses, it was originally the winner of an early 1980s competition for a light cargo aircraft to deliver cargo, especially aviation parts in Western Europe (EDSA). While the C-23 was a new production, as was the C-23B, the C-23B+ were actually Shorts 360, with the tail and rear fuselage of a C-23.
A military transport aircraft, military cargo aircraft or airlifter is a military-owned transport aircraft used to support military operations by airlifting troops and military equipment. Transport aircraft are crucial to maintaining supply lines to forward bases that are difficult to reach by ground or waterborne access, and can be used for ...
Military transport aircraft include load-carrying non-combat types such as freight and troop carriers, as well as some other specialised types, used by military forces around the world. In production [ edit ]
The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (Navy and Marine Corps designation R4Q) is an American military transport aircraft developed from the World War II-era Fairchild C-82 Packet, designed to carry cargo, personnel, litter patients, and mechanized equipment, and to drop cargo and troops by parachute.
The Vickers Vernon, introduced in 1921, was the first cargo plane for military troops The Arado Ar 232, the first purpose built cargo aircraft A U.S. Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules, the archetypal military transport aircraft, over the Atlantic Ocean in 2014 The Antonov An-225 Mriya, the heaviest cargo aircraft
The Airbus A400M Atlas is a military aircraft used by 10 countries, mostly in Europe. A versatile airlifter, it competes with Lockheed Martin's C-130J Super Hercules .
The Short SC.7 Skyvan (nicknamed the "Flying Shoebox") [1] is a British 19-seat twin-turboprop aircraft first flown in 1963, that was manufactured by Short Brothers of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Dramatic video shows the moment the pilot of a small plane made a “textbook” emergency landing on just one wheel. Footage from Tuesday afternoon shows the Cape Air Cessna 402C heading back to ...