However, it is a C-46 cargo plane built two decades after Curtiss's untimely death that greets all goers at the gate to a museum dedicated to Mr. Curtiss's life.

Creator Curtiss-Wright Corporation Topic Aeronautics Curtiss C-46 Commando Provenance Roy E. Licklider, Gift, 2018, NASM.2018.0084 Creator Curtiss-Wright Corporation Summary This collection consists ...

This Just Flight Curtiss C-46 Commando add-on for FSX:SE includes military, cargo and civilian passenger variants of the aircraft, as well as military and civilian cockpit configurations. It has ...

Monroe bought the Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando from the Commemorative Air Force “to showcase the city’s commitment to the aerospace industry” back in 2011.

Pictured is the Curtiss C-46 Commando in the Pacific Theater of Operations, similar those flown by the 375th Troop Carrier Group in late 1944-45. File photo courtesy of the 375th Air Mobility Wing ...

In December 2000, a Curtiss C-46 called Maid of Money —a twin-engine World War II-era transport similar to, but larger than, a DC-3—collided with a mountain ridge. It was destroyed and its two ...

DAVIDSON, N.C.-- (BUSINESS WIRE)--Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW) today announced that it was awarded a contract by Raytheon Technologies to provide its rugged Modular Open Systems Approach ...

The unit flew Beech C-45 Expeditor utility aircraft and Curtiss C-46 Commando transport planes. In November 1955 Grenier was assigned to the Continental Air Command (CONAC).

In the wild wild West of Northern Canada, classic planes like the 1940s Curtiss C-46 Commando and the world's last flying Lockheed Electra operate daily to deliver vital supplies to remote ...