C-46 Commando / Flying Tiger Line U.S. Army The T-37B has improved radio

The T-37B has improved radio navigational equipment

Piper PA-38 Tomahawk airplane model

the X-1A was lost just before its first NACA test flight when it had to be jettisoned from the launch aircraft following an onboard explosion

while Fairchild was responsible for the wings

Worldwide deployment began in July 1975

C-46 Commando / Flying Tiger Line U.S. Army The T-37B has improved radioFlying Tiger Line C 46 airplane model. The C 46 was developed from the new and unproven commercial aircraft design, the CW 20, which first flew in March 1940. Deliveries of the AAF C 46s began in July 1942 for the Air Transport Command and Troop Carrier Command. During WW II, the AAF accepted 3,144 C 46s for hauling cargo, personnel and for towing gliders. The C 46 gained its greatest fame during WW II transporting war materials over the "Hump" from