Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcar

John Reffett Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcar N1394N fires up both engines at Palmer airport Alaska. (June 2003) and goes for a short taxi run across the ramp. Later on we where offered a fine alaskan hamburger and hotdog BBQ inside the Boxcar fuselage.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Fairchild
• C-119F
• Flying
• Boxcar
• Palmer

[mprophet100]

Yep...same engines as on the Super Connie....! (loud & smokey)

[mprophet100]

propblably never...its to costly..:-)

[nerblebun]

My step-dad was a crew chief on the C-119 while in the A.F. Reserves. They would fly from Sacramento to Guam almost every year. No cargo,just a giant fuel bladder so they could get to Hawaii then on to Wake Island then Guam. What a neat old plane.

[NinthDensity]

Awesome, kinda reminds me of the Caribou.

[mlbobrow]

flew standby from Dover afb to Azores and chatereaux in 1964- along with tank cargo... 14 hours freezing in unheated cargo hold- slept on top of tanks to be close to the single steamline running along the top. froze , lost hearing and loved it. great plane...

[crankbv1]

Funny how you don't appreciate something until it's gone. When l was a kid,back in the late 40s early 50s l lived just a couple of miles from USAF air base Burtonwood here in the UK. We used to stop and watch the big war planes coming and going,but the Boxcars and Packets were so common and frequent that we never even looked up when one flew over. Now they've all gone. Then again,they're an ancient reminder of the past l suppose...as indeed am l.

[leyburnhealeyman]

@colindhowell Thanks for that, checked out the photo, and low and behold, it was taken at Heathrow, gonna see if they have a five engined El Al 707 now, did you know about them? :))

[colindhowell]

@leyburnhealeyman TWA operated a C-82 Packet, the aircraft the Flying Boxcar was the developed from. The C-82 is slightly smaller with a different cockpit and front end. There are some pictures of the TWA C-82 on airliners-dot-net.

[canals22]

I thought no turbos had a different exhaust system, like a Skyrider. Someone told me years ago : "If you see 3 plumes of smoke, is the one with the parts recovery turbines "

[megashegem]

I miss seeing all the old prop giants in the air.

[onefugowie]

do they fly her ???any body know

[Chuck88keys]

Oops my bad. I meant that we flew from Newf to Goose on the C-119 Boxcar ( old age i guess ) sorry