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s/n: 44-22962 / msn: 10006
The fourth C-82A off the production line
undergoes a test flight before receiving
it's coat of USAAF olive-grab paint.
Photo: USAF official.
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s/n: 44-23036 / msn: 10080 / N53228
This photo might be from when this aircraft
was doing research with Fairchild but still
under USAF ownership. It features the
Fairchild J44-R jet-pak. N53228 has the
distinction of being the last C-82 to leave
air force service in 1957.
The flight-deck was so wide the throttle, pitch
and mixture levers were made as a dual set for
pilot and co-pilot. This pilot handles the mixture
levels while his right hand is on the engine
primer switch. The large wheel at the bottom of
the picture is the rudder tabs control. Judging
by the overhead panel this C-82A is an early
one (s/n: 44-22959 / 44-22988), with an updated
main panel.
Photo: USAF official.
The Aircraft Engineering & Maintenance Co.
(AEMCO) of Oakland, California had a military
contract to overhaul and service C-82 Packets
for the USAF.
Photo: William T. Larkins.
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s/n: 43-13202 / msn: 10001
An early shot of the prototype during tests.
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s/n: 44-22962 / msn: 10006
The fourth production C-82 built was the
only one in the block 1 group to see civil service.
Note the fire extinguisher and the Boeing
B-29s in the background.
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s/n: 44-23004 / msn: 10048
The first of a batch built to "block 15"
standards during 1946. This was one of
two converted to EC-82A configuration
for undercarriage tests.
A changing of the guard for the USAF in
Europe as the more modern C-119 began
replacing the older C-82.
Photo: Bill Holt 1951.
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s/n: 45-57755 / msn: 10125
Troop Carrier C-82A CQ-755 on a visit to
Italy in 1950. It would later enter the civil
market as N5109B.
Photo: Giorgio Salerno via Angelo Romano.
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Troop Carrier C-82A Packets CQ-755 (45-57755),
CQ-773 (45-57773), CQ-770 (45-57770) and CQ-744
(45-57744) while on a visit to Italy in 1950.
Photo: Giorgio Salerno via Angelo Romano.
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s/n: 45-57801 / msn: 10171
Taken in Italy in June, 1950, CQ-801 would
later crash in France on November 13, 1951
killing all 36 onboard.
Photo: Giorgio Salerno via Angelo Romano.
s/n: 45-57810 / msn: 10180
Possibly British personnel check out CQ-810
during a stop over on Malta in 1950. This
aircraft would later end up in Brazil as PP-CEM.
Photo: Giorgio Salerno via Angelo Romano.