Originally designed as a cargo and paratroop transport during World
War II, the Fairchild C-82 Packet is today mainly remembered for
its starring role in the Hollywood film The Flight of the Phoenix
(1965). Its ungainly appearance earned it the nickname "the flying
boxcar" but the aircraft was the first to achieve practical
end-loading and aerial delivery of cargoes. Its outsized capacity
served the U.S. military's needs for more than ten years-civilian
operators flew it in remote locations like Alaska and South America
for a further three decades. This book provides a comprehensive
history of the C-82, detailing each of the 224 aircraft built, with
technical diagrams, multiple appendices and more than 200 photos.
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