Curtiss C-46 Commando tudi R5C je dvomotorno propelersko vojaško transportno letalo ameriškega proizvajalca Curtiss-Wright Corporation. Prototip CW-20 je bil sprva zasnovan kot potniško letalo, se je pa v času 2. svetovne vojne razvil v vojaško letalo C-46. C-46 je bil največje in najtežje dvomotorno letalo 2. svetovne vojne. Letalo je imelo med piloti več vzdevkov: "The Whale", "Curtiss Calamity", "Plumber's nightmare" in "Flying coffin". C-46 so uporabljali paralelno s precej podobnim Douglas C-47 Skytrain. Zgradili so 3181 letal Curtiss Commando.
Predhodnik C-46 je bil prototip CW-20, ki ga je leta 1937 zasnoval George A. Page Jr. - glavni inženir podjetja Curtiss-Wright."Air Freighter." Time magazine, 18 May 1942.CW-20 in C-46 sta imela t. i. trup v obliki številke "8". Poganjala sta ga dva bencinska zvezdasta motorja. Lahko je prevažal do 40 vojakov ali 6800 kilogramov tovora.
sličica|CW-20A
Specifikacije(C-46A)
Glej tudi Douglas C-47 Skytrain Douglas DC-3 Lisunov Li-2 Boeing 307
Sklici
Bibliografija
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Pereira, Aldo. Breve História da Aviação Comercial Brasileira (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: Europa, 1987. ISBN 978-8561936006.
Zunanje povezave
Curtiss Commando Background Information: Curtiss C-46 "Commando" Spherical panoramas inside 'Tinker Belle' at Stuart Air Show, 2012 C-46s from "Austral Lineas Aereas" (Spanish) Illustrations in Flying Magazine January 1941 showing single versus twin-tail configurations of CW-20 prototype 1942 Life magazine photos of loading arrangement demonstrations with the C-46
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