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Description
| Manufacturer: | Fairchild | |
| Base model: | C-82 | |
| Designation: | C-82 | |
| Version: | A | |
| Nickname: | Packet | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1925-1962 | |
| Basic role: | Transport | |
Specifications
| Length: | 77' 1" | 23.4 m | |
| Height: | 26' 6" | 8.0 m | |
| Wingspan: | 106' 6" | 32.4 m | |
| Wingarea: | 1,400.0 sq ft | 130.0 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 32,500 lb | 14,739 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 54,000 lb | 24,489 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 2 | ||
| Powerplant: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-85 | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 2100 | ||
Performance
| Range: | 3,785 miles | 6,095 km | |
| Max Speed: | 281 mph | 452 km/h | 244 kt |
| Climb: | 950 ft/min | 289 m/min | |
| Ceiling: | 21,200 ft | 6,461 m | |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| McChord Air Museum | McChord AFB | Washington |
| Pima Air & Space Museum | Tucson | Arizona |
| United States Air Force Museum | Wright-Patterson | Ohio |
C-82A on display
United States Air Force Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| JP TREVOR UK, AZ | Hello, Please can someone either text me Simon Becks website address or his email, as my G4 Titanium has gone kaput and cant find his address. My father wrote THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX and I have some material for Simon he\'s been waiuting for.
Many tyhanks. Best regards. JP Trevor www.thinkshapes.com 0044 7941 060 495 06/25/2007 @ 05:41 [ref: 16938] |
| brandon siemion Ft.Smith, MT | Hello
I am an A&P that had the pleasure to fly on that bird and to maintain her while I worked for Hawkins and Powers 03/31/2007 @ 17:44 [ref: 16050] |
| Roger Wyckoff , PA | Sorry about previous note. Apparently you can't send web site addresses and they got elimanated.
Anyone interested in the two "Flight of the Phoenix" movies can search using the following words. Simon Beck uswarplanes special feature Ruud Leeuw aviation history On Ruud's main page, under the first group, "Propliners", click C-119 "Flying Boxcar". Then click on the second choice. It starts with my name. It also has a link to Simon Beck's site. Roger Wyckoff 02/01/2007 @ 13:15 [ref: 15372] |
| Roger Wyckoff , PA | For anyone interested in the two Flight of the Phoenix movies and the aircraft used in making the movies, I can help.
Simon Beck, of New Zealand, has a great site with a Special Feature, Flight of the Phoenix that covers just about everything concerning the filming of the movies. Simon's favorite movies are the two Phoenix movies and his favorite airplane is the Flying Boxcar. 1965 Version Aircraft Used Two C-82A Packets One Marine R4Q-1 One Talmantz Pheonix P-1 One North American O-47A 2004 Version Aircraft Used One C-119F Three Marine R4Q-2s I was a Marine airborne radio operator in VMR-253, at Iwakuni, Japan in 1958 and 1959. I personally flew at least one flight in the R4Q-1 BuNo 126580 that was used to make a non-flying prop in the 1965 version. It had a working engine and Jimmy Stewart taxied it in the movie. To get all the facts,go to these sites. Roger Wyckoff 01/27/2007 @ 08:36 [ref: 15316] |
| Rae Howry Salem, OR | My father flew as a co-pilot for United Hecathorn and was killed in the crash of his C-82 while crop-dusting in Boca Raton, Florida in the late 1950's. I have always been fascinated with this airplane, and have photos of his plane both static during maintenance, and news clipping photos of the aftermath of the crash. It took me years to finally track down the cause of the crash, and then only because of my own tenacity and the advent of the internet. Go figure! 11/14/2006 @ 20:25 [ref: 14739] |
| Jim Reed Surf City, NJ | Hi FOLKS! I was at the Winchester VA flyin this past weekend 10/15 with our C54 flying museum on display. On SUN early afternoon I was looking over our aircraft & happen to look up to the sky & Behold! there over head with a chase plane following it was the One & Only airworthy Fairchild C82 Packet on its ferryflight east to its new home at the old Fairchild factory at the Haggerstown MD airport to be apart of the museum there. what a site that was as I alerted all around me to look overhead & see this unique sight! I did not have my camera close by so did not get a pic of this flyby. The C82 of hawkins&powers aviation that owned her went up for auction this summer & was purchased by the Haggerstown MD museum. It is great that another classic Proptransport will avoid the boneyard & be preserved for all to see in the future! the BAHF is also preserving one of the last Airworthy Boeing C97 Strats that exist in the WORLD! :Keep the Big Pistons Flying! Thanks, JR 10/17/2006 @ 15:01 [ref: 14485] |
| Walt McKinney , SC | The 1965 version of "Flight of the Phoenix" did feature the C-82 Packet. The later 2004 version used a C-119 Flying Boxcar.
The "Phoenix' the 1965 survivors supposedly built was made from C-45 and T-6 parts, with a lot of fabricated components. The aircraft crashed while filming the movie, and claimed the life of movie pilot paul Mantz. Walt 09/07/2006 @ 11:14 [ref: 14089] |
| Mark Webster Christchurch, New Zealand, OTH | Was just reading the comments and noticed that Jerry below had commented that the C-82 was featured in the movie Flight of the Phoenix. It was actually the C-119 in the movie, both very similar but the C-119 has a shorter nose and this certainly matches the aircraft featured in the movie. Now I need to find one to download for FS2004 07/07/2006 @ 13:28 [ref: 13673] |
| Robert r. King West Liberty, OH | In 1952 I was stationed at Ernest Harmon AFB, Stephenville, Newfoundland. I was an airborn radio operator and flew many missions on the C-82A. Three were stationed there. Numbers 7735, 7824, and 7776. I was in the 6602d ABW, part of the North East Air Command. Our squadron was basically Artic supply. We flew cargo and personnel to Goosebay Labrador on it's way North. There were flights to Montreal, Prince Edward Island, Halifax, Dartmouth, Torbay airport at the Capitol and The Navy Base at Argentia. There was a C-82 at Goosebay that someone had landed a little heavy on the nose wheel and bent. I don't know the number of that one. An interesting several months. My enlistment was up in Dec.1952
05/24/2006 @ 17:18 [ref: 13377] |
| Jerry Bridge City, LA | For anyone interested, a C-82 in running condition is located in Graybull, WY and is the same plane seen in Flight of the Pheonix. The plane is at the Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting. Well worth the trip to the museum that also has PB4Y-2, P2V-7 Neptunes and C-119 Boxcars on display as well as a good assortment of prop aircraft that are well perserved in a bone yard. 03/20/2005 @ 10:32 [ref: 9759] |
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