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Mezza From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Posted (12 years 2 weeks 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 1485 times:

Does anybody have any details on a transport(probably a design prototype) YC-122.

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TomH From United States of America, joined May 1999, 960 posts, RR: 2
Reply 1, posted (12 years 2 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 1213 times:

Mezza,

Y means service evaluation, X stands for experimental, which is usually associated with a design prototype. The YC-122 info you are after can probably be located in the Avitruk section at www.theaviationzone.com/facts/c123.htm.

I can add that some of the YC-122Cs flew later as civilian aircraft, though I don't know anything about the owners or type of operation they had.

TomH

MikeN From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 2, posted (12 years 2 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 1209 times:

Thanks Tom!

Here's the hyper-link....

http://www.theaviationzone.com/facts/c123.htm

Mezza From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 3, posted (12 years 2 weeks 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 1199 times:

Thanks for your help!

DesertJets From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 7677 posts, RR: 18
Reply 4, posted (12 years 2 weeks 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 1201 times:

Very interesting... This was the plane, the C-123, which was the primary plane shown in the movie "Air America"

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MikeN From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 5, posted (12 years 2 weeks 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 1188 times:

DesertJets,

Yes, the CIA flew them and many others in southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.

http://www.air-america.org/

Chdmcmanus From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 374 posts, RR: 2
Reply 6, posted (12 years 2 weeks 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 1185 times:

The C-123 was used in the movie, not the YC-122
ChD

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MikeN From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 7, posted (12 years 2 weeks 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 1182 times:

Chdmcmanus,

He said C-123.

FBU 4EVER! From Norway, joined Jan 2001, 998 posts, RR: 7
Reply 8, posted (12 years 2 weeks 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 1165 times:

The original design was a Transport Glider,built by Chase,and called CG-18.In 1948,2 R-2000's were added and it became YC-122A.The B version had 2 R-1820's,as did the C model.9 production examples of this latter version were produced.30 seats and fixed gear.Used by the USAF until mid-57.
Chase was acquired by Fairchild later on and they produced the C-123 Provider wich also started out as a Chase glider project,the G-20.

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