Description: EXTRA INFOPHOTO AEROPLANE FAIRCHILD C-123K PROVIDER '40633' THE PROVIDER WAS A SHORT-RANGE ASSAULT TRANSPORT USED TO AIRLIFT TROOPS AND CARGO ONTO SHORT RUNWAYS AND UNPREPARED AIRSTRIPS. DESIGNED BY THE CHASE AIRCRAFT COMPANY THE C-123 EVOLVED FROM EARLIER DESIGNS FOR LARGE ASSAULT GLIDERS. THE FIRST PROTOTYPE XC-123 MADE ITS INITIAL FLIGHT ON 14 OCTOBER 1949 POWERED BY TWO PISTON ENGINES. A SECOND PROTOTYPE WAS BUILT AS THE XG-20 GLIDER. IT WAS LATER TEST-FLOWN POWERED BY FOUR JET ENGINES. THE PRODUCTION VERSION WITH TWO PISTON ENGINES WAS DESIGNATED THE C-123B. CHASE BEGAN MANUFACTURE IN 1953 BUT THE PRODUCTION CONTRACT WAS TRANSFERRED TO FAIRCHILD. THE FIRST OF MORE THAN 300 FAIRCHILD-BUILT C-123BS ENTERED SERVICE IN JULY 1955. BETWEEN 1966 AND 1969 184 C-123BS WERE CONVERTED TO C-123KS BY ADDING TWO J85 JET ENGINES FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE. THE C-123 ON DISPLAY ENTERED SERVICE IN FEBRUARY 1956 SERVING AT VARIOUS UNITS ALL OVER THE WORLD AND MOST NOTABLY IT ARRIVED IN VIETNAM IN AUGUST 1966. THERE IT SERVED WITH SEVERAL UNITS AND MANY LOCATIONS UNTIL ITS RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES IN JULY 1970. THIS COMBAT VETERAN CONTINUED TO SERVE UNTIL APRIL 1982 WHEN IT WAS RETIRED. IT WAS FLOWN TO ROBINS AFB IN 1988. FULL SERIAL 54-0633. C/N 20082. ON DISPLAY AT THE WARNER ROBINS MUSEUM OF AVIATION. GEORGIA USA. 18-4-2013 INFO FROM THE MUSEUM WEBSITE COPYRIGHT ALAN WILSO PHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS NOTES REF NO AWILSON-5482 PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 X 4 inches CONDITION: SOME CROPPING OR WHITE LINES TOP/BOTTOM MAY OCCUR DUE TO PHOTO RATIO WATERMARK IF PRESENT ON THE IMAGE WILL NOT APPEAR ON ITEM SENT TO YOU: NOTES This is a print and supply service for an image that is copyright Alan Wilson obtained from FLICKR and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License details available here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ MANY OTHER ITEMS ARE BEING ADDED TO MY SHOP DAILY
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Type: Photographs
Theme: Transportation
Sub-Theme: Aeroplane
Number of Items: Single
Period: 1945 - Present
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