C-46 Commando / Air America Experimental and Prototypes The modern aspects of the

The modern aspects of the Alpha all-metal structure

greater payload and pressurized cabin

but the 1939 DH 82a received the 145 hp Gipsy Major

equipped with a six-barrel M-61 20mm Vulcan cannon and heat-seeking Sidewinder missiles

C-46 Commando / Air America Experimental and Prototypes The modern aspects of theThe C 46 was developed from the new and unproven commercial aircraft design, the CW 20, which first flew in March 1940. Deliveries of the AAF C 46s began in July 1942 for the Air Transport Command and Troop Carrier Command. During WW II, the AAF accepted 3,144 C 46s for hauling cargo, personnel and for towing gliders. The C 46 gained its greatest fame during WW II transporting war materials over the "Hump" from India to China after the Japanese had