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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.

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  • Curtiss C-46 Commando
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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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max takeoff weight alt
  • 20412.0
max speed more
  • at
climb rate main
  • 1175.0
number of props
  • 2(xsd:integer)
length alt
  • 23.27 m
span main
  • 3291.84
Produced
  • 1940(xsd:integer)
Status
  • Still in use
cruise speed main
  • 173.0
cruise speed alt
  • 150(xsd:integer)
height alt
  • 6.62 m
Introduced
  • 1941(xsd:integer)
primary user
Type
type of prop
  • two-row 18-cylinder radial engines
range alt
  • 2739(xsd:integer)
range more
  • at 173 mph
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  • 2326.64
power alt
  • 1492.0
area main
  • 1360.0
power main
  • 2000.0
height main
  • 662.94
span alt
  • 32.91 m
range main
  • 3150.0
Manufacturer
  • Curtiss-Wright Corporation
max speed main
  • 270.0
engine (prop)
  • Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51
Capacity
  • **40 troops or **30 stretcher patients or ** cargo
climb rate alt
  • 6.0
ceiling main
  • 24500.0
National Origin
empty weight main
  • 30669(xsd:integer)
area alt
  • 126.3
First Flight
  • 1940-03-26(xsd:date)
more users
max speed alt
  • 235(xsd:integer)
jet or prop?
  • prop
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