The cargo must go through!

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The cargo must go through!

Postby CaptainCub » Sun May 08, 2011 3:57 pm

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

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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.
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Re: The cargo must go through!

Postby Steve M » Sun May 08, 2011 5:51 pm

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!

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Re: The cargo must go through!

Postby Flying Trucker » Mon May 09, 2011 9:00 am

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... :)
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Re: The cargo must go through!

Postby CaptainCub » Mon May 09, 2011 12:40 pm

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! :)
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Re: The cargo must go through!

Postby CHUCK79 » Mon May 09, 2011 6:29 pm

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