Curtiss C-46 Commando
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The Curtiss C-46 Commando is a low-wing, twin-engine aircraft derived from the Curtiss CW-20 pressurized high-altitude airliner design. Early press reports used the name "Condor III" but the Commando
A wartime photograph of a U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) C-46 Commando
World War II US Navy Recognition Chart for Curtiss C-46
A U.S. C-46 aircraft conducting an aerial evacuation of wounded American troops from Manila, the capital of the Philippines, shortly after U.S. forces retook the city after intense fighting with the Japanese.
C-46A being used for research in 1946, by NACA (Predecessor to NASA)
Curtiss-Wright
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The Curtiss-Wright Corporation is an American manufacturer and services provider headquartered in Davidson, North Carolina, with factories and operations in and outside the United States. Created in 1
Curtiss C-46 Commando
…century. The prototype for what would become the C-46, the Curtiss CW-20, was designed in 1937 by George A. Page Jr., the chief aircraft designer at Curtiss-Wright. The CW-20 was a private venture intended to compete with the four-engined Douglas DC-4 and Boeing 307 Stratoliner by the introduction of a new standard…
The main building of the Curtiss-Wright company at Caldwell, New Jersey, 1941.
A Curtiss-Wright Travel Air CW-12Q at Cotswold Airport, Gloucestershire, England
Curtiss Wright Buffalo NY