C-46 Commando / Air America Experimental and Prototypes Boeing 707 Continental Airlines airplane

Boeing 707 Continental Airlines airplane model

advanced aerobatic training and sport cross-country flying

The modern aspects of the Alpha all-metal structure

the first company to bear their name

890 aircraft were ordered

C-46 Commando / Air America Experimental and Prototypes Boeing 707 Continental Airlines airplaneThe 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