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    The Curtiss C-46 Commando is a low-wing, twin-engine aircraft derived from the Curtiss CW-20 pressurised high-altitude airliner design. Early press reports...
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  • The Curtiss-Wright Corporation is a manufacturer and services provider headquartered in Davidson, North Carolina, with factories and operations in and...
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    The Curtiss C-46 Commando was a transport aircraft originally derived from a commercial high-altitude airliner design. It was instead used as a military...
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    This is a list of surviving Curtiss C-46 Commandos, including both airworthy and on display or stored aircraft. As of August 2021, there are three aircraft...
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    suggested that the sailor was an Edward Hardman. On 6 May 1945, a Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando (44-77839) of the United States Army Air Forces was flying over...
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    On December 16, 1951, a Miami Airlines Curtiss C-46 Commando airliner crashed in the city of Elizabeth, New Jersey, shortly after taking off from nearby...
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  • pilot trainer Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando - Transport Curtiss-Wright C-76 Caravan - Transport Curtiss O-52 Owl - Observation aircraft Curtiss P-36 Hawk -...
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    The Curtiss XP-46 was a 1940s American prototype fighter aircraft. It was a development of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation in an effort to introduce the...
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    The Curtiss-Wright C-76 Caravan (company designation CW-27) was an American all-wood military transport aircraft. The C-76 was intended as a substitute...
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    (C-GBSK)". Transport Canada. TSB Investigation #A04W0102 "CADORS report for Buffalo Air (BFL326)". Transport Canada. "Photos: Curtiss C-46D Commando (CW-20B-2)...
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  • Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando transport Curtiss-Wright C-76 Caravan transport Curtiss O-52 Owl observation aircraft Curtiss P-36 Hawk fighter Curtiss P-40...
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    onwards to Managua. On 10 May 1982, two hijackers demanded a Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando to leave its Bluefields-Big Corn Island route and land in Costa...
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    Aeronautics Board (CAB) investigated the accident and concluded that the Curtiss C-46 Commando aircraft had been overloaded by 2,000 lb (910 kg) above its maximum...
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  • the introduction of larger aircraft like the Douglas DC-6B and Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando the company split between Everts Air Alaska and Everts Air Cargo...
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    The Curtiss-Wright Model 21 (also known as the Curtiss-Wright Model 21 Demonstrator, the Curtiss-Wright CW-21 Interceptor, the Curtiss-Wright CW-21 Demon)...
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    The Curtiss-Wright XF-87 Blackhawk (previously designated the XP-87) was a prototype American all-weather jet fighter-interceptor, and the company's last...
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    Standard Air Lines Flight 897R (category Accidents and incidents involving the Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando)
    planecrashinfo.com". Retrieved 2013-09-13. "ASN Aircraft accident Curtiss C-46E-1-CS Commando N79978 Chatsworth, CA". Retrieved 2013-09-13. Macha, G. Pat (2014)...
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    XCub (2016) Curtiss HS (1917) Curtiss Lark (1925) Curtiss Robin (1928) Curtiss Thrush (1929) Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando (1940) Curtiss-Wright Junior (1930)...
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    Dominican Republic for parts Sikorsky S-55 utility helicopters Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando transport de Havilland Mosquito light bomber – 8 ex-Royal Air...
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    located on the airfield. On 10 May 1982, two hijackers demanded a Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando of Aeronica to leave its Bluefields-Corn Island route and land...
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    The Curtiss P-36 Hawk, also known as the Curtiss Hawk Model 75, is an American-designed and built fighter aircraft of the 1930s and 40s. A contemporary...
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    Airport out of the top spot. On March 4, 1953, a Slick Airways Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando N4717N on a cargo flight from New York-Idlewild Field crashed...
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    The Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender (company designation CW-24) is a 1940s United States prototype fighter aircraft built by Curtiss-Wright. Along with...
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    soon after the name was changed to Transair Sweden. In 1957 the Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando cargo aircraft was introduced. Douglas DC-6 acquired from SAS...
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    flights in the Caribbean and South America. Pan Am also acquired a few Curtiss C-46s for a freight network that eventually extended to Buenos Aires. In...
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    1947, an LAB Douglas C-47 Skytrain (registered CB-32) crashed near Trinidad. On 10 August 1949, an LAB Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando (registered CB-37) crashed...
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    The Curtiss-Wright VZ-7 (also known as the VZ-7AP) was a VTOL quadrotor helicopter aircraft designed by the Curtiss-Wright company for the US Army. Like...
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    The Curtiss P-60 was a 1940s American single-engine single-seat, low-wing monoplane fighter aircraft developed by the Curtiss-Wright company as a successor...
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    The 1945 Peip'ing Curtiss C-46 Commando crash occurred on October 12, 1945, when a USAAF Curtiss C-46 Commando aircraft crashed near Nanyuan Airport in...
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    rain-slicked runway. July 9, 1953: A Southern Air Transport Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando cargo transport, carrying a crew of two, skidded off the runway...
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