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manufacturer">Manufacturer</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Budd_Company" title="Budd Company">Budd Company</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Retired</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Primary users</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a><div> <a href="/wiki/Flying_Tiger_Line" title="Flying Tiger Line">Flying Tiger Line</a> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number built</th><td class="infobox-data">20</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Introduction date</th><td class="infobox-data">1944</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First flight</th><td class="infobox-data">31 October 1943</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Budd RB-1 Conestoga</b> was a twin-engine, <a href="/wiki/Stainless_steel" title="Stainless steel">stainless steel</a> <a href="/wiki/Cargo_aircraft" title="Cargo aircraft">cargo aircraft</a> designed for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Budd_Company" title="Budd Company">Budd Company</a> of <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a>. Although it did not see service in a combat theater, it pioneered design innovations in American cargo aircraft, later incorporated in modern military cargo airlifters. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design_and_development">Design and development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Budd_RB_Conestoga&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design and development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>World War II created a great demand for military transport aircraft in the United States. Because of initial fears of a shortage of <a href="/wiki/Aluminium" title="Aluminium">aluminum</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_War" title="United States Department of War">War Department</a> explored the use of other materials for aircraft construction. Budd, the developer of the <a href="/wiki/Shotweld" class="mw-redirect" title="Shotweld">shotweld</a> technique for welding stainless steel and a manufacturer of stainless steel railroad cars, automobile, bus, and truck bodies, hired an aeronautical engineering staff and worked with the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">U. S. Navy</a> to develop a new twin-engine transport aircraft constructed primarily of stainless steel. The U.S. Navy accepted the proposal for the new aircraft, and placed an order for 200, to be designated <b>RB-1</b>. The <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Air_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army Air Forces">U.S. Army Air Forces</a> (USAAF) followed with an order for 600, designated <b>C-93</b>. </p><p>The Conestoga was a twin-engine high-wing <a href="/wiki/Monoplane" title="Monoplane">monoplane</a> with <a href="/wiki/Tricycle_landing_gear" title="Tricycle landing gear">tricycle landing gear</a>. The elevated flight deck was contained in a distinctive, almost hemispherical nose section. Its two 1,200 hp (890 kW) <a href="/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney" title="Pratt & Whitney">Pratt & Whitney</a> <a href="/wiki/R-1830" class="mw-redirect" title="R-1830">R-1830</a>-92 air cooled 14-cylinder, twin-row, <a href="/wiki/Radial_engine" title="Radial engine">radial engines</a>, the same engines fitted to the <a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">C-47</a>, drove three-bladed <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Standard" title="Hamilton Standard">Hamilton Standard</a> Hydromatic constant-speed, full-feathering <a href="/wiki/Propeller" title="Propeller">propellers</a> and powered a 24-volt electrical system. While the fuselage was thin-gauge stainless steel, only a portion of the wing was made of the metal; the trailing section of the wing and all control surfaces were fabric-covered. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Innovations">Innovations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Budd_RB_Conestoga&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Innovations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Budd_RB_Conestoga_on_ground.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Budd_RB_Conestoga_on_ground.jpg/220px-Budd_RB_Conestoga_on_ground.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Budd_RB_Conestoga_on_ground.jpg/330px-Budd_RB_Conestoga_on_ground.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Budd_RB_Conestoga_on_ground.jpg/440px-Budd_RB_Conestoga_on_ground.jpg 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="438" /></a><figcaption>An RB-1 demonstrates its loading ramp</figcaption></figure> <p>The RB-1/C-93 was radical for its day, introducing many of the features now standard in military transports. The flight deck could accommodate three crew members, pilot and copilot side-by-side, the navigator behind them. Stairs connected the flight deck to the cargo area, which was 25 feet (7.6 m) long with an unobstructed cross-section of 8 × 8 feet (2.4m) throughout its length. Cargo loading and unloading could be accomplished in two ways: through 40 × 60 inch (102 × 152 cm) doors on both sides of the <a href="/wiki/Fuselage" title="Fuselage">fuselage</a> or by an electrically operated 10 × 8 foot (3.0 × 2.4 m) ramp at the aft end of the cargo area under the upswept <a href="/wiki/Empennage" title="Empennage">tail</a>, a similar development to what had been initially fitted to the Germans' own <a href="/wiki/Junkers_Ju_290#Design_and_development" title="Junkers Ju 290">Ju 290</a> four-engined transport aircraft as their <i>Trapoklappe</i> ramp in 1939. The RB-1's loading ramp, accessed by manually operated clamshell doors, along with the tricycle landing gear, meant cargo could be loaded/unloaded at truck-bed height. A manually operated two-ton (1814 kg) hoist for unloading trucks and a one-ton winch for pulling cargo up the ramp were also provided in the cargo area. The aircraft could accommodate: </p> <ul><li>24 <a href="/wiki/Paratroopers" class="mw-redirect" title="Paratroopers">paratroopers</a>, or</li> <li>24 stretchers and 16 sitting wounded, or</li> <li>9,600 pounds of cargo, or</li> <li>a 1½ ton truck, or</li> <li>The largest ambulance in use by the U.S. military.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operational_history">Operational history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Budd_RB_Conestoga&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Operational history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The prototype first flew from the Budd Red Lion Factory Airfield in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 31 October 1943, piloted by Guy Miller.<sup id="cite_ref-Juptner,_Joseph_P._1993_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Juptner,_Joseph_P._1993-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The prototype had a takeoff run when empty of just 650 feet (200 m), and could carry a maximum payload of 10,400 pounds (4,700 kg) with a takeoff run of 920 feet (280 m).<sup id="cite_ref-Merriam,_Ray_2000_p._45_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Merriam,_Ray_2000_p._45-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the aircraft demonstrated greater than expected fuel consumption; the range with a standard payload was only 700 miles (1,100 km), 650 miles (1,050 km) with a maximum payload.<sup id="cite_ref-Merriam,_Ray_2000_p._45_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Merriam,_Ray_2000_p._45-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three prototype aircraft: <i>NX37097</i>, <i>NX41810</i>, and <i>NC45354</i> were built; one was used for testing radio equipment, while the other two were used for flight test evaluations.<sup id="cite_ref-Juptner,_Joseph_P._1993_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Juptner,_Joseph_P._1993-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During testing, a few aircraft had difficulty with the simultaneous deployment of the right and left landing gear. With the same engines as the C-47, but 3,000 pounds (1,400 kg) heavier (empty), the aircraft was relatively underpowered; it was reportedly said<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution. (March 2021)">by whom?</span></a></i>]</sup> that, for an aircraft built by a railroad car company, it indeed handled like one.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>At the Budd factory and airfield in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, there were construction delays due to cost overruns and problems with stainless steel fabrication. By late 1943, aluminum production had been increased with the construction of new processing facilities, and other more conventional cargo aircraft (such as the <a href="/wiki/Curtiss_C-46_Commando" title="Curtiss C-46 Commando">Curtiss C-46 Commando</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">Douglas C-47 Skytrain</a>) were being produced in large numbers. This caused the Army to cancel its order for the C-93 and the Navy to reduce its RB-1 order from 200 to 25, of which 17 were delivered in March 1944. </p><p>On 13 April 1944, during a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_shore_activities_during_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Navy shore activities during World War II">Naval Air Training Command</a> (NATC) evaluation flight of RB-1 prototype U.S. Navy <i>NX37097</i> at <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Patuxent_River" title="Naval Air Station Patuxent River">Patuxent River NAS</a>, Maryland, the aircraft crashed, killing one of the crew.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and written off, but the pilot reported that the stainless steel construction of the aircraft contributed to saving his life. </p><p>Production RB-1 aircraft never entered squadron service with the Navy, but a few were briefly used by <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Air Station">Naval Air Stations</a> as utility aircraft. With only 17 aircraft in inventory, the RB-1 was not feasible to maintain on the active list, and it was retired from U.S. Navy service in early 1945. The extant RB-1s were then transferred to the <a href="/wiki/War_Assets_Administration" title="War Assets Administration">War Assets Administration</a> (WAA) to be sold as war surplus. In 1945, the WAA sold 12 Conestogas to the <a href="/wiki/National_Skyway_Freight_Corp" class="mw-redirect" title="National Skyway Freight Corp">National Skyway Freight Corp</a><sup id="cite_ref-Flying_Tiger_History_-_The_1940s_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flying_Tiger_History_-_The_1940s-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for $28,642 each (equivalent to $384,400 in 2023 dollars) at a time when new C-47s were selling for approximately $100,000 each (equivalent to $1.3 million in 2023 dollars). The new company, founded by members of the <a href="/wiki/American_Volunteer_Group" title="American Volunteer Group">AVG</a> <a href="/wiki/Flying_Tigers" title="Flying Tigers">Flying Tigers</a> immediately sold four RB-1 aircraft to other buyers, which paid for the entire WAA contract.<sup id="cite_ref-Flying_Tiger_History_-_The_1940s_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flying_Tiger_History_-_The_1940s-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The seven remaining National Skyways aircraft were used to transport a variety of cargo, shipping fruit and furniture from its base in <a href="/wiki/Long_Beach,_California" title="Long Beach, California">Long Beach, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pilots reported that the Budd transports were temperamental; in particular, exhaust stacks kept falling off and causing engine fires.<sup id="cite_ref-Flying_Tiger_History_-_The_1940s_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flying_Tiger_History_-_The_1940s-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>There were three more crashes of Conestogas while in service with National Skyway Freight, one each in <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Flying_Tiger_History_-_The_1940s_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flying_Tiger_History_-_The_1940s-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The crash in Virginia was a belly landing at a country club brought on by fuel exhaustion following weather-related problems. The Albuquerque, New Mexico crash was due to a downdraft during a snow storm, 80 miles (130 km) from Albuquerque.<Widow of Lawrence Molloy Feemster, Ruth Mae (Feemster) Hill & preserved newspaper clippings><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (September 2018)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Pilot and copilot were killed when they were thrown through the windshield and the aircraft skidded over them; the flight engineer survived.<sup id="cite_ref-Flying_Tiger_History_-_The_1940s_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flying_Tiger_History_-_The_1940s-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1947, the U.S. Army (and later the U.S. Air Force) gave National Skyway Freight a large contract for trans-Pacific freight, for which it leased military aircraft. The company changed its name to <a href="/wiki/Flying_Tiger_Line" title="Flying Tiger Line">Flying Tiger</a> and replaced the RB-1s with C-47s for its U.S. freight routes; the RB-1s were sold off to other buyers. One of these aircraft, a prototype RB-1, "NC45354" was sold to the <a href="/wiki/Preston_Tucker" title="Preston Tucker">Tucker Motor Company</a> to transport its demonstration <a href="/wiki/1948_Tucker_Sedan" class="mw-redirect" title="1948 Tucker Sedan">1948 Tucker Sedan</a> to auto shows around the U.S.; it was reportedly later abandoned at an airfield in Oakland, California after repeated mechanical troubles.<sup id="cite_ref-Flying_Tiger_History_-_The_1940s_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flying_Tiger_History_-_The_1940s-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Brazil">Brazil</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Budd_RB_Conestoga&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Brazil"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The V.A.S.D. (Viação Aérea Santos Dumont) was born on January 18, 1944. He started with the purchase of two Catalinas and a Budd Conestoga, both former Rubber development Corporation. Budd RB.1 Conestoga had the PP-SDC "Tio Sam" enrollment. It was damaged in an emergency landing at <a href="/wiki/Afonsos_Air_Force_Base" title="Afonsos Air Force Base">Campo dos Afonsos</a> on 04.01.1947, landing with one train collected, declared unrecoverable and there scrapped.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Surviving_aircraft">Surviving aircraft</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Budd_RB_Conestoga&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Surviving aircraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Budd_conestoga.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d4/Budd_conestoga.jpeg/220px-Budd_conestoga.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d4/Budd_conestoga.jpeg/330px-Budd_conestoga.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d4/Budd_conestoga.jpeg/440px-Budd_conestoga.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="976" data-file-height="554" /></a><figcaption>RB-1 at the Pima Air Museum</figcaption></figure> <p>A single unrestored Budd RB-1, BuNo 39307, is on display at the <a href="/wiki/Pima_Air_%26_Space_Museum" title="Pima Air & Space Museum">Pima Air & Space Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tucson" class="mw-redirect" title="Tucson">Tucson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Specifications_(RB-1)"><span id="Specifications_.28RB-1.29"></span>Specifications (RB-1)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Budd_RB_Conestoga&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Specifications (RB-1)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Budd_RB-1_Conestoga_3-view_line_drawing.png" class="mw-file-description" title="3-view line drawing of the Budd RB-1 Conestoga"><img alt="3-view line drawing of the Budd RB-1 Conestoga" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Budd_RB-1_Conestoga_3-view_line_drawing.png/220px-Budd_RB-1_Conestoga_3-view_line_drawing.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="364" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Budd_RB-1_Conestoga_3-view_line_drawing.png/330px-Budd_RB-1_Conestoga_3-view_line_drawing.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Budd_RB-1_Conestoga_3-view_line_drawing.png/440px-Budd_RB-1_Conestoga_3-view_line_drawing.png 2x" data-file-width="1682" data-file-height="2784" /></a><figcaption>3-view line drawing of the Budd RB-1 Conestoga</figcaption></figure> <p style="font-size: 90%; margin:0;"><i>Data from</i> Jane's fighting aircraft of World War II<sup id="cite_ref-JFAoWWII_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JFAoWWII-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>General characteristics</b></span> </p><ul><li><b>Crew:</b> 3</li> <li><b>Capacity:</b> 9,600 lb (4,400 kg) of payload with 390 US gal (320 imp gal; 1,500 L) of fuel</li> <li><b>Length:</b> 68 ft (21 m)</li> <li><b>Wingspan:</b> 100 ft (30 m)</li> <li><b>Height:</b> 31 ft 9 in (9.68 m)</li> <li><b>Wing area:</b> 1,400 sq ft (130 m<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><b>Empty weight:</b> 20,156 lb (9,143 kg)</li> <li><b>Gross weight:</b> 33,860 lb (15,359 kg)</li> <li><b>Fuel capacity:</b> 994 US gal (828 imp gal; 3,760 L) in three wing tanks</li> <li><b>Powerplant:</b> 2 × <a href="/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_R-1830_Twin_Wasp" title="Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp">Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 Twin Wasp</a> 14-cylinder air-cooled <a href="/wiki/Radial_engine" title="Radial engine">radial engines</a>, 1,200 hp (890 kW) each</li> <li><b>Propellers:</b> 3-bladed <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Standard_Hydromatic" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamilton Standard Hydromatic">Hamilton Standard Hydromatic</a>, 11 ft 7 in (3.53 m) diameter constant-speed fully feathering propellers</li></ul> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>Performance</b></span> </p> <ul><li><b>Maximum speed:</b> 197 mph (317 km/h, 171 kn) at 7,500 ft (2,300 m)</li> <li><b>Cruise speed:</b> 165 mph (266 km/h, 143 kn)</li> <li><b>Stall speed:</b> 78 mph (126 km/h, 68 kn) fully loaded</li> <li><b>Range:</b> 700 mi (1,100 km, 610 nmi) normal</li> <li><b>Maximum economical range:</b> 1,620 mi (1,410 nmi; 2,610 km)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Budd_RB_Conestoga&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fleetwings_BT-12_Sophomore" title="Fleetwings BT-12 Sophomore">Fleetwings BT-12 Sophomore</a> also a stainless steel design</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss-Wright_C-76_Caravan" title="Curtiss-Wright C-76 Caravan">Curtiss-Wright C-76 Caravan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_World_War_II" title="List of aircraft of World War II">List of aircraft of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_aircraft_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="List of military aircraft of the United States">List of military aircraft of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_aircraft_designations_(pre-1962)" title="List of United States Navy aircraft designations (pre-1962)">List of United States Navy aircraft designations (pre-1962)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Budd_RB_Conestoga&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Budd_RB_Conestoga&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The company lost one RB-1 on its initial flight at a crash in Fort Worth, Texas; it was sold for $500 and used as a hamburger stand.<sup id="cite_ref-Flying_Tiger_History_-_The_1940s_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flying_Tiger_History_-_The_1940s-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Michigan crash occurred when a National Skyways RB-1 was forced to make a <a href="/wiki/Belly_landing" title="Belly landing">belly landing</a> in a Detroit graveyard. There were no casualties.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Budd_RB_Conestoga&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626" /><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Juptner,_Joseph_P._1993-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Juptner,_Joseph_P._1993_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Juptner,_Joseph_P._1993_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Juptner, Joseph P. <i>U.S. Civil Aircraft Series</i>. Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania: TAB Aero, 1993. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em 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href="https://www.airfieldsfreeman.com/PA/Airfields_PA_Philly_NE.htm#budd">"Budd Factory Airfield, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."</a> <i>airfields-freeman.com.</i> Retrieved: 13 November 2010.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19440413-0">"Report of Aircraft Accident, U.S. Navy NX37097 (Budd RB-1 Conestoga), 13 April 1944."</a> <i>Aviation-Safety.net.</i> Retrieved: 13 November 2010.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Flying_Tiger_History_-_The_1940s-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Flying_Tiger_History_-_The_1940s_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Flying_Tiger_History_-_The_1940s_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Flying_Tiger_History_-_The_1940s_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Flying_Tiger_History_-_The_1940s_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Flying_Tiger_History_-_The_1940s_5-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Flying_Tiger_History_-_The_1940s_5-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Flying_Tiger_History_-_The_1940s_5-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flyingtigerline.org/History/1940s.htm">"Flying Tiger History: The 1940s."</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061005040521/http://www.flyingtigerline.org/History/1940s.htm">Archived</a> 2006-10-05 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i>flyingtigerline.org.</i> Retrieved: 13 November 2010.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180928044014/http://www.pimaair.org/aircraft-by-name/item/budd-rb-1-conestoga">"CONESTOGA"</a>. <i>Pima Air & Space Museum</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pimaair.org/aircraft-by-name/item/budd-rb-1-conestoga">the original</a> on 28 September 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 September</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Pima+Air+%26+Space+Museum&rft.atitle=CONESTOGA&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pimaair.org%2Faircraft-by-name%2Fitem%2Fbudd-rb-1-conestoga&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABudd+RB+Conestoga" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-JFAoWWII-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-JFAoWWII_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFBridgman1989" class="citation book cs1">Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1989). <i>Jane's fighting aircraft of World War II</i> (1995 ed.). New York: Military Press. p. 212. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0517679647" title="Special:BookSources/0517679647"><bdi>0517679647</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Jane%27s+fighting+aircraft+of+World+War+II&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=212&rft.edition=1995&rft.pub=Military+Press&rft.date=1989&rft.isbn=0517679647&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABudd+RB+Conestoga" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Budd_RB_Conestoga&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li>Bridgeman, Leonard. “The Budd Conestoga.” <i>Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II.</i> London: Studio, 1946. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85170-493-0" title="Special:BookSources/1-85170-493-0">1-85170-493-0</a>.</li> <li>Merriam, Ray. <i>U. 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title="Douglas DC-2">C-34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_XC-35" title="Lockheed XC-35">C-35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Model_10_Electra" title="Lockheed Model 10 Electra">C-36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Model_10_Electra" title="Lockheed Model 10 Electra">C-37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-2" title="Douglas DC-2">C-38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-2" title="Douglas DC-2">C-39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Model_12_Electra_Junior" title="Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior">C-40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-2" title="Douglas DC-2">C-41</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-3" title="Douglas DC-3">C-41A</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-2" title="Douglas DC-2">C-42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Model_17_Staggerwing" title="Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing">C-43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_108_Taifun" title="Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun">C-44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Model_18" 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Airmaster">C-77B–D</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cessna_AT-17_Bobcat" title="Cessna AT-17 Bobcat">C-78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junkers_Ju_52" title="Junkers Ju 52">C-79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlow_PJC-2" title="Harlow PJC-2">C-80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stinson_Reliant" title="Stinson Reliant">C-81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-82_Packet" title="Fairchild C-82 Packet">C-82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piper_J-5" title="Piper J-5">C-83</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Piper_J-3_Cub" title="Piper J-3 Cub">C-83A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piper_J-4" title="Piper J-4">C-83B</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-3" title="Douglas DC-3">C-84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Model_9_Orion" title="Lockheed Model 9 Orion">C-85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_24" title="Fairchild 24">C-86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_C-87_Liberator_Express" title="Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express">C-87</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_45" title="Fairchild 45">C-88</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_H-47" title="Hamilton H-47">C-89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luscombe_8" title="Luscombe 8">C-90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stinson_Airliner" title="Stinson Airliner">C-91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Funk_B" title="Funk B">C-92</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">C-93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cessna_Airmaster" title="Cessna Airmaster">C-94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylorcraft_L-2" title="Taylorcraft L-2">C-95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_FC-2" title="Fairchild FC-2">C-96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-97_Stratofreighter" title="Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter">C-97</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-97_Stratofreighter" title="Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter">KC-97</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_314_Clipper" title="Boeing 314 Clipper">C-98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_XC-99" title="Convair XC-99">C-99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Gamma" title="Northrop Gamma">C-100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Vega" title="Lockheed Vega">C-101</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rearwin_Sportster" title="Rearwin Sportster">C-102</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F3F" title="Grumman F3F">C-103</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Model_18_Lodestar" title="Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar">C-104</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XB-15" title="Boeing XB-15">C-105</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cessna_C-106_Loadmaster" title="Cessna C-106 Loadmaster">C-106</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stout_Skycar" title="Stout Skycar">C-107</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-108_Flying_Fortress" title="Boeing C-108 Flying Fortress">C-108</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_C-87_Liberator_Express" title="Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express">C-109</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-5" title="Douglas DC-5">C-110</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Model_14_Super_Electra" title="Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra">C-111</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-6" title="Douglas DC-6">C-112</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_C-46_Commando" title="Curtiss C-46 Commando">C-113</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-54_Skymaster" title="Douglas C-54 Skymaster">C-114</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-54_Skymaster" title="Douglas C-54 Skymaster">C-115</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-54_Skymaster" title="Douglas C-54 Skymaster">C-116</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">C-117</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_R4D-8" title="Douglas R4D-8">C-117D</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-6" title="Douglas DC-6">C-118</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-119_Flying_Boxcar" title="Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar">C-119</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_AC-119" title="Fairchild AC-119">AC-119</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_XC-120_Packplane" title="Fairchild XC-120 Packplane">C-120</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-121_Constellation" title="Lockheed C-121 Constellation">C-121</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_L-1249_Super_Constellation" title="Lockheed L-1249 Super Constellation">C-121F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_EC-121_Warning_Star" title="Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star">EC-121</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chase_YC-122_Avitruc" title="Chase YC-122 Avitruc">C-122</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-123_Provider" title="Fairchild C-123 Provider">C-123</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chase_XC-123A" title="Chase XC-123A">C-123A</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-124_Globemaster_II" title="Douglas C-124 Globemaster II">C-124</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YC-125_Raider" title="Northrop YC-125 Raider">C-125</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cessna_195" title="Cessna 195">C-126</a></li> <li>C-127<sup><small>2</small></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-2_Beaver" title="De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver">C-127 (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-124_Globemaster_II" title="Douglas C-124 Globemaster II">C-127 (II)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_XC-120_Packplane" title="Fairchild XC-120 Packplane">C-128</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_R4D-8" title="Douglas R4D-8">C-129</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules" title="Lockheed C-130 Hercules">C-130</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_C-130J_Super_Hercules" title="Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules">C-130J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_AC-130" title="Lockheed AC-130">AC-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_DC-130" title="Lockheed DC-130">DC-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_EC-130" title="Lockheed EC-130">EC-130</a>/<a href="/wiki/Lockheed_EC-130H_Compass_Call" title="Lockheed EC-130H Compass Call">H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_HC-130" title="Lockheed HC-130">HC-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_KC-130" title="Lockheed Martin KC-130">KC-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_LC-130" title="Lockheed LC-130">LC-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_MC-130" title="Lockheed MC-130">MC-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_WC-130" title="Lockheed WC-130">WC-130</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_C-131_Samaritan" title="Convair C-131 Samaritan">C-131</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Convair_NC-131H_Samaritan" title="Convair NC-131H Samaritan">NC-131H</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-132" title="Douglas C-132">C-132</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-133_Cargomaster" title="Douglas C-133 Cargomaster">C-133</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stroukoff_YC-134" title="Stroukoff YC-134">C-134</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-135_Stratolifter" title="Boeing C-135 Stratolifter">C-135</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-135_Stratotanker" title="Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker">KC-135</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-123_Provider" title="Fairchild C-123 Provider">C-136</a></li> <li>C-137<sup><small>2</small></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-97_Stratofreighter" title="Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter">YC-137 (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-3_Otter" title="De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter">YC-137 (II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-137_Stratoliner" title="Boeing C-137 Stratoliner">C-137</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">C-138</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">C-139</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_JetStar" title="Lockheed JetStar">C-140</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-141_Starlifter" title="Lockheed C-141 Starlifter">C-141</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LTV_XC-142" title="LTV XC-142">C-142</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tri-service sequence<br />(1962–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">C-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-2_Greyhound" title="Grumman C-2 Greyhound">C-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_4-0-4" title="Martin 4-0-4">C-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Gulfstream_I" title="Grumman Gulfstream I">C-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-5_Galaxy" title="Lockheed C-5 Galaxy">C-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_King_Air" title="Beechcraft King Air">C-6</a></li> <li>C-7<sup><small>2</small></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-4_Caribou" title="De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou">C-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_Dash_7" title="De Havilland Canada Dash 7">RC-7</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-5_Buffalo" title="De Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo">C-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_C-9" title="McDonnell Douglas C-9">C-9</a></li> <li>C-10<sup><small>2</small></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Handley_Page_Jetstream" title="Handley Page Jetstream">C-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_KC-10_Extender" title="McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender">KC-10</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Gulfstream_II" title="Grumman Gulfstream II">C-11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_C-12_Huron" title="Beechcraft C-12 Huron">C-12</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_RC-12_Guardrail" title="Beechcraft RC-12 Guardrail">RC-12</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">C-13</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_YC-14" title="Boeing YC-14">C-14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_YC-15" title="McDonnell Douglas YC-15">C-15</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">C-16</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-17_Globemaster_III" title="Boeing C-17 Globemaster III">C-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-137_Stratoliner" title="Boeing C-137 Stratoliner">C-18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_747" title="Boeing 747">C-19</a></li> <li>C-20<sup><small>2</small></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gulfstream_III" title="Gulfstream III">C-20A–D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulfstream_IV" title="Gulfstream IV">C-20F–J</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Learjet_35" title="Learjet 35">C-21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_727" title="Boeing 727">C-22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_C-23_Sherpa" title="Short C-23 Sherpa">C-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-8" title="Douglas DC-8">C-24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_VC-25" title="Boeing VC-25">C-25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-26_Metroliner" title="Fairchild C-26 Metroliner">C-26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aeritalia_G.222" title="Aeritalia G.222">C-27</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alenia_C-27J_Spartan" title="Alenia C-27J Spartan">C-27J</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cessna_404_Titan" title="Cessna 404 Titan">C-28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_800" title="Hawker 800">C-29</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">C-30</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fokker_F27_Friendship" title="Fokker F27 Friendship">C-31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-32" title="Boeing C-32">C-32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_747-400" title="Boeing 747-400">C-33</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">C-34</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cessna_Citation_V" title="Cessna Citation V">C-35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_YAL-1" title="Boeing YAL-1">C-36</a><sup><small>3</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulfstream_V" title="Gulfstream V">C-37</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gulfstream_G550" title="Gulfstream G550">C-37B</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulfstream_G100" title="Gulfstream G100">C-38</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">C-39</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-40_Clipper" title="Boeing C-40 Clipper">C-40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CASA_C-212_Aviocar" title="CASA C-212 Aviocar">C-41</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">C-42</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">C-43</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">C-44</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EADS/Northrop_Grumman_KC-45" title="EADS/Northrop Grumman KC-45">C-45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-46_Pegasus" title="Boeing KC-46 Pegasus">C-46</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Revived original sequence<br />(2005–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bombardier_Challenger_600_series" title="Bombardier Challenger 600 series">C-143</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EADS_HC-144_Ocean_Sentry" title="EADS HC-144 Ocean Sentry">C-144</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PZL_M28_Skytruck" title="PZL M28 Skytruck">C-145</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dornier_328" title="Dornier 328">C-146</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_Dash_8" title="De Havilland Canada Dash 8">C-147</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Non-sequential designations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-767" title="Boeing KC-767">C-767</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_880" title="Convair 880">C-880</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related designations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">CT-39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_T-43" title="Boeing T-43">CT-43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-4_Caribou" title="De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou">CV-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-5_Buffalo" title="De Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo">CV-7</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><sup>1</sup> Not assigned  •  <sup>2</sup> Assigned to multiple types  •  <sup>3</sup> Unconfirmed</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="USN/USMC_transport_designations_pre–1962316" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:USN_transports" title="Template:USN transports"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:USN_transports" title="Template talk:USN transports"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:USN_transports" title="Special:EditPage/Template:USN transports"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="USN/USMC_transport_designations_pre–1962316" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">USN</a>/<a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">USMC</a> transport designations pre–1962</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">T-series (pre–1931)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Atlantic_Aircraft21" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Aircraft" title="Atlantic Aircraft">Atlantic Aircraft</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fokker_F.VII" title="Fokker F.VII">TA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">R-series (1931–1962)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Aircraft" title="Atlantic Aircraft">Atlantic Aircraft</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fokker_F.VII" title="Fokker F.VII">RA</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fokker_F-10" title="Fokker F-10">-4</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="/wiki/Budd_Company" title="Budd Company">Budd</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">RB</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_Aeroplane_and_Motor_Company" title="Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company">Curtiss</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_Kingbird" title="Curtiss Kingbird">RC</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">R2C</span><sup><small>4</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">R3C</span><sup><small>4</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_T-32_Condor_II" title="Curtiss T-32 Condor II">R4C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_C-46_Commando" title="Curtiss C-46 Commando">R5C</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Aircraft_Company" title="Douglas Aircraft Company">Douglas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Dolphin" title="Douglas Dolphin">RD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-2" title="Douglas DC-2">R2D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-5" title="Douglas DC-5">R3D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">R4D</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_R4D-8" title="Douglas R4D-8">R4D-8</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-54_Skymaster" title="Douglas C-54 Skymaster">R5D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-6" title="Douglas DC-6">R6D</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="/wiki/AviaBellanca_Aircraft" title="AviaBellanca Aircraft">Bellanca</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bellanca_31-40" title="Bellanca 31-40">RE</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="/wiki/Kinner_Airplane_%26_Motor_Corporation" title="Kinner Airplane & Motor Corporation">Kinner</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kinner_Envoy" title="Kinner Envoy">RK</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="/wiki/Kreider-Reisner" title="Kreider-Reisner">Kreider-Reisner</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">RK</span><sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_22" title="Fairchild 22">R2K</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="/wiki/Glenn_L._Martin_Company" title="Glenn L. 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