"Bill Silvey" wrote in message
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"Tex Houston" wrote in message

"Gord Beaman" wrote in message
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So too was the Fairchild C-119 Packet.
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-Gord.

I think the Fairchild C-82 was the 'Packet', the C-119 the 'Flying
Boxcar'. The United States Air Force Museum agrees with me at
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/outdoor/od.htm .

Tex Houston

Hey, that was in Flight of the Phoenix, wasn't it?


I have no idea which they used in the movie. I saw it when it first came
out and never since.

Tex