The two types of transport the Army favors are military versions of the Douglas DC-4, a big four-engine job originally designed to carry 42 passengers, and the twin-engined Curtiss Condor III (C-46).

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Eighty-five years ago today, the Curtiss CW-20 took to the skies for the first time, marking the beginning of what would become the legendary Curtiss C-46 Commando. Originally designed as a ...

John Charles Robinson, nicknamed the “Brown Condor,” was a pioneer aviator ... The men were initially denied admission to Curtiss-Wright Aeronautical University in Chicago because they were ...

Production proved a slow-go, as Curtiss worked to amend the various design flaws. When the Helldiver finally did join the Navy fleet, the aircraft, nicknamed “Beast,” was maligned for its size ...

Tragedy struck the Yurok tribe’s condor restoration efforts when one of the critically endangered birds succumbed to lead poisoning — an entirely preventable, human-caused threat — just ...

Condor is a curious airline when it comes to the composition of its fleet, as, for the most part, its aircraft are either very old or very new. Recent years have seen it begin a modernization program ...

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