Specifications (C-119)
General characteristics
- Crew: 5
- Capacity:
- 62 troops or
- 35 stretchers
- Payload: 10,000 lb (4,500 kg) of cargo
- Length: 86 ft 6 in (26.37 m)
- Wingspan: 109 ft 3 in (33.30 m)
- Height: 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
- Wing area: 1,447 ft² (134.4 m²)
- Empty weight: 40,000 lb (18,000 kg)
- Loaded weight: 64,000 lb (29,000 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 74,000 lb (34,000 kg)
- Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20 radial engines, 3,500 hp (2,611 kW each) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 296 mph (257 knots, 450 km/h)
- Range: 2,280 mi (1,980 nm, 3,670 km)
- Service ceiling: 23,900 ft (7,290 m)
- Rate of climb: 1,010 ft/min (5.1 m/s)
- Wing loading: 44 lb/ft² (216 kg/m²)
- Power/mass: 0.11 hp/lb (180 W/kg)
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