Wow,... Ever Seen a XC-120 before?......
Sat Dec 29, 2007 2:59 pm
.......me neither 
That's what I like about aviation. Just when you think you've seen it all. Something like his pops up. I think it's actually a nice looking bird,...but then again I'm admitedly a little bent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecr7u-Z1Q3Y
Fairchild XC-120 Pack Plane
The Fairchild XC-120 Packplane was a related development to the C-119 Flying Boxcar in the late 1940's. A C-119 fuselage was cut down to just below the flight deck and a removable pod designed to fit in its place. Smaller wheels were installed forward of each of the main landing gear struts to provide for nose wheels. Production aircraft were to be designated C-128. In the event, only one XC-120 was built and tested and no C-128s were made.
Shay
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Semper Fortis
That's what I like about aviation. Just when you think you've seen it all. Something like his pops up. I think it's actually a nice looking bird,...but then again I'm admitedly a little bent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecr7u-Z1Q3Y
Fairchild XC-120 Pack Plane
The Fairchild XC-120 Packplane was a related development to the C-119 Flying Boxcar in the late 1940's. A C-119 fuselage was cut down to just below the flight deck and a removable pod designed to fit in its place. Smaller wheels were installed forward of each of the main landing gear struts to provide for nose wheels. Production aircraft were to be designated C-128. In the event, only one XC-120 was built and tested and no C-128s were made.
Shay
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Semper Fortis
Sat Dec 29, 2007 3:46 pm
Shay--
Talk about ground clearance...That would have made for an interesting firefighting aircraft, or even a low-speed testbed for turbofans!
Notice on that particular YouTube page, the same guy's posted some archival footage of the Republic Rainbow recon bird. I didn't know there had been a mooted airliner version of the Rainbow. Sexy-looking ship. Kinda resembles the lovechild of an XP-72 Super Thunderbolt and a Connie...
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Talk about ground clearance...That would have made for an interesting firefighting aircraft, or even a low-speed testbed for turbofans!
Notice on that particular YouTube page, the same guy's posted some archival footage of the Republic Rainbow recon bird. I didn't know there had been a mooted airliner version of the Rainbow. Sexy-looking ship. Kinda resembles the lovechild of an XP-72 Super Thunderbolt and a Connie...
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Sat Dec 29, 2007 3:55 pm
Yeah today has been a slow day for me so I've been working through this guys listing of videos. Lots of good stuff.
If anyone here has got time to kill:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Bomberguy
Regarding the XC-120
Maybe not perfect for Military use. I'm surprise this concept didn't make it into the civilian market in one form or another. Sure is remeniscent of the SkyCrane but in a fixed wing application.
Sure does lend itself to being a flexible platform for many different prospects.
Shay
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Semper Fortis
If anyone here has got time to kill:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Bomberguy
Regarding the XC-120
Maybe not perfect for Military use. I'm surprise this concept didn't make it into the civilian market in one form or another. Sure is remeniscent of the SkyCrane but in a fixed wing application.
Sure does lend itself to being a flexible platform for many different prospects.
Shay
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Semper Fortis
you just solved a mystery for me!
Sat Dec 29, 2007 4:22 pm
I found one of those pods in a farmers barn once and for the life of me I could not identify WTF it was. The farmer had mounted it on a truck chassis and was trying to build his own motor home. I DECLINED to buy it!! 
Re: you just solved a mystery for me!
Sat Dec 29, 2007 4:46 pm
n5151ts wrote:I found one of those pods in a farmers barn once and for the life of me I could not identify WTF it was. The farmer had mounted it on a truck chassis and was trying to build his own motor home. I DECLINED to buy it!!
Really where was that? Ever since learning of it's existance I wondered what became of it seeing as only 1 was made.
Shay
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Semper Fortis
it was just a pod
Sat Dec 29, 2007 4:56 pm
not the whole plane. at first I thought it was a known type but, and I could be wrong, it looked just like that except where the nose was cut open to install a windshield.
It was in Utah close to HAFB which makes sense as it is a DRMO base and has been for years. I found a set of p-47 wheels at a local army surplus store and that same place has some globemaster clam shell doors and tail booms along with millions of tons of other misc. junk. smith and Edwards Ogden ut. (yes I bought the wheels and they eventually made it to uncle bobs p-47 project.)
It was in Utah close to HAFB which makes sense as it is a DRMO base and has been for years. I found a set of p-47 wheels at a local army surplus store and that same place has some globemaster clam shell doors and tail booms along with millions of tons of other misc. junk. smith and Edwards Ogden ut. (yes I bought the wheels and they eventually made it to uncle bobs p-47 project.)
Sun Dec 30, 2007 10:08 am
Must have been the inspiration for the design of Thunderbird 2 
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Tillerman.
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Tillerman.
Sun Dec 30, 2007 10:27 am
Ha Ha It's funny cuz i actually know what you're talking about.
THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO!!!
Shay
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Semper Fortis
It's funny cuz i actually know what you're talking about.
THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO!!!
Shay
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Semper Fortis
I've seen photos
Mon Dec 31, 2007 12:01 pm
When I was in elementary school the school library had some books from the 50s that were mostly pictures, if I recall they were by an author named C.B. Colby (sp?). In one of the books about ariplanes, which I checked out over and over, there where photos of the C-82, C-119 and XC-120. Cool to see again.