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    <h1 id="top">C-46A Commando</h1>
    <h2>History</h2>
    <p>1. The Curtiss C-46 Commando is a twin-engine transport aircraft derived from the Curtiss CW-20 pressurized high-altitude airliner design, although the C-46 was not pressurized.</p>
    <p>2. It is a twin-engine military transport aircraft, powered by two 2,000 hp. Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 radial piston engines.  It is fitted with a large cargo door on the port (left) side of the fuselage, a strengthened cargo floor, a hydraulic winch and folding seats for up to 40 troops.</p>
    <p>3. This aircraft was used by the Chinese government under name of the China National Aviation Corp. (CNAC), Civil Air Transport China (CAT) and later with commercial airlines.</p>
    <p>4. The C-46 served in a similar role to its Douglas-built counterpart, the C-47 Skytrain, but it was not as extensively produced as the latter.</p>
    <p>5. After World War II, a few surplus C-46 aircraft were briefly used in their original role as passenger airliners but the glut of surplus C-47's dominated the marketplace, and the C-46 was soon relegated to cargo duty.</p>
    <p>6. The C-46 continued in U.S. Air Force service in the Korean War and in a secondary role until 1968.</p>
    <h2>Assignment Record Highlights of C-46A, 43-47350</h2>
    <p>May 23, 1945 - Built at Curtiss plant, Louisville, Kentucky</p>
    <p>May 23, 1945 - Delivered to USAAF and assigned serial number 43-47350</p>
    <p>June 10, 1945 - To Chinese National Aviation Corporation</p>
    <p>November 1949 - To Claire L. Chennault and Whiting Willauer. Commercial Number N8364C</p>
    <p>December 19, 1949 - To Civil Air Transport, China (CAT) Founded by Chennault and Willauer</p>
    <p>January 1953 - To Civil Air Transport, Southeast Asia with commercial number N8361C Operated by CIA</p>
    <p>July 5, 1955 - To L.B. Smith Aircraft Corp with commercial number N1382N</p>
    <p>October 18, 1955 - To Zantop Air Transport, Detroit Metro Airport, Michigan</p>
    <p>April 28, 1960 - Assigned civil registration N611Z</p>
    <p>September 21, 1966 - To Universal Airlines, Detroit, Michigan</p>
    <p>March 15, 1968 - To Aviation Associates in Georgia</p>
    <p>August 6, 1968 - To RALCO, Incorporated</p>
    <p>October 1973 - To Robert N. Wilcox</p>
    <p>November 17, 1975 - To Wilcox Enterprises</p>
    <p>January 1, 1976 - To American Flyers, Incorporated in Florida</p>
    <p>October 1985 - To Florida Aircraft Leasing Corporation</p>
    <p>March 1986 - Withdrawn from service and placed in storage</p>
    <p>October 2, 1989 - To National Naval Aviation Museum, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida</p>
    <p>June 2023 - To Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware</p>
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