C-119 FLYING BOX CAR

Historical Note:    Our C-119 Flying Box Car model aircraft is modeled and handcrafted using various high-quality grade materials by our renowned master craftsmen.  Our C-119 Flying Box Car model aircraft is uniquely designed and manufactured using the latest innovations and techniques applied in the over-all manufacturing and operation process procedures.  The model airplane’s parts including the fuselage, wings and glass cockpit are extremely accurate and precise based on the original. This model aircraft will fascinate anyone, aviation enthusiast and model aircraft collectors alike for its remarkable and exceptional quality.  This elegant C-119 Flying Box Car model aircraft is definitely the perfect gift and collectible you would want to give to your friends and family.

Scale:    1:66
W/S:    19.75   inches, 
Lgth:   15.75   inches

Item Number:    TMC-AC119                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Price:    $169.95

Historical Note Cont'd:    The Fairchild C-119 "Flying Boxcar" (navy designation R4Q) was a US military transport aircraft developed from the World War II Fairchild C-82 Packet, designed to carry cargo, personnel, litter patients and mechanized equipment to drop cargo and parachutes.

In July 1950, four C-119s were sent to FEAF for service tests.  the USAF strategic air command had C-119s.  The C-119s also performed several aerial recoveries of film-return capsules during the early years of the Corona Spy satellite program.

The first C-119 made its initial flight on November 1947.  By the time production ceased in 1995, more than 1,100 cargos had already been built.

The C-119 was serviced extensively in Vietnam during 1954.  the C-119s were generally flown in French markings by American CIA pilots.  The C-119 played a major role during the Dien Bien Phu siege, wherein the C-119 flew into an increasingly heavy fire while dropping supplies to the besieged French forces. 

The C-119 retired from active duty, the C-119 was soldiered on in the US Navy, Air Force reserve and Air National Guard in the mid-1970s.  But recently, the C-119 was still stationed in the Taiwanese Air Force.  While a number of C-119s were acquired by companies who were contracted by the USFS and the Bureau of Land Management, thus to provide airtankers for fighting wildfires.  While many of the C-119s were wounded up in the Museums across the US.