Meet the C-119 Flying Boxcar. That would be the C-119 Flying Boxcar, which was developed from the Fairchild C-82 Packet, a twin-engine, twin-boom, twin-tail transport that was designed to carry ...

The C-119, also known as the “Flying Boxcar” due to the unusual shape of its fuselage, was in service with the U.S. Air Force from 1947 to 1972 and was designed to carry cargo, personnel ...

The about 1,100 C-119s were built in Hagerstown by Fairchild Aircraft, Bowen said, addressing the crowd from the cargo deck of the Boxcar's predecessor, the C-82 Packet. There were about 300 C-82s ...