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| - At the time, it was the largest twin engine aircraft in the world, being around 23.25 metres long and nearly 33 metres wide. It was powered by two Pratt and Whitney R-2800-51 Double Wasp engines, propelling it to a top speed of 269 mph and giving it a maximum range of 1,600 miles. The size of its hold allowed it to carry up to 50 troops or 12,500 lbs of cargo.
- The Curtiss C-46 Commando is a transport aircraft originally derived from a commercial high-altitude airliner design. It was instead used as a military transport during World War II by the United States Army Air Forces as well as the U.S. Navy/Marine Corps under the designation R5C. Known to the men who flew them as "The Whale," the "Curtiss Calamity," the "plumber's nightmare", and among ATC crews, the "flying coffin," the C-46 served a similar role as its counterpart, the Douglas C-47 Skytrain, but was not as extensively produced. At the time of its production, the C-46 was the largest twin-engine aircraft in the world, and the largest and heaviest twin-engine aircraft to see service in World War II.
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