• Aircraft:

  Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcar

• Reg: IK450 photos
• Serial #:

  11262

• Airline: India - Air Force
• Photo Date: Jan 08, 2007
• Uploaded: Jan 26, 2024
• Delhi Indira Gandhi Int'l Airport - VIDP, India

On display at IAF Museum Palam. This workhorse of the IAF was inducted in No. 12 Sqn “Yaks” in Jan 1954 to replace Dakotas. Known as the “Packet” in Indian service, the aircraft was vital in supporting the Indian Army in the Himalayas. No. 19 and 48 Sqn “Camels” also flew the type. A J34 jet engine was fitted in a dorsal pod to increase safety margins, later changed to an Orpheus. A Packet flown by S/L CKS Raje set a world record for the world’s highest landing when 32 fully equipped troops were ferried to DBO on 23 July 1962. The Packet was used in the large 1971 Tangail paradrop.

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Love the brightly colored nose of this

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