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Went through my hanger and rediscovered this workhorse I had downloaded years ago:


I can rememeber as a kid growing up in the 60's seeing formations of these flying over my house to and from the air national gaurd base at Chicago's O'Hare field.



The "Flying Boxcars" I rememeber had a blunter nose and were an overall grey. Also at the time Ideal Toys put out a boxcar that came complete with a jeep that you could "Air Drop" out the back.

I remember the 'boxcars' well as a kid in the 60's. At that time my family resided in a little town called Wildwood, north of Chicago and just west of lake Michigan. They would do fairly low passes a couple of times a week. I always stopped and watched them fly past. Nostalgia supreme!

                                 

Nice shots and a wonderful aircraft selection and commentary...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_ ... ing_Boxcar

Hope you will find this bottom Link interesting....

http://www.flyingboxcar.com/index.php?page=1

Please take a look at "The Boxcars are back" on the left side...

Nice shots and a wonderful aircraft selection and commentary...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_ ... ing_Boxcar

Hope you will find this bottom Link interesting....

http://www.flyingboxcar.com/index.php?page=1

Please take a look at "The Boxcars are back" on the left side...

Thanks, both great sites!

Cool aircraft.....it reminds me a little of a puffer fish for some reason 8-)