XC-120 Packplane Thoughts

[kalos72]

I love this idea by the way, so useful. Imagine if you take it and use Conex boxes now?

We did...


"One twist that SoD McGregor was not expecting was the development of an entirely new aircraft. Pegasus engineers took the concept of the Fairchild XC-120 Packplane and updated the airframe and cargo pod to fit with the standard 20 or 40 ft Conex container and the Pegasus C-120 was born.

The C-120 used the C-119 fuselage just like the original but the rest of the aircraft was updated, engines, electronics, all of it. Pegasus was given production rights for a small production of the modified C-119 by Fairchild Industries, at the behest of the DoD. With Fairchild’s help, a working model was in testing by 1995 and 10 of them were completed by the time the US stepped in to help Germany in Novembers of 1996."