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1951 Northrop YC-125B

1951 Northrop YC-125B (S/N 48626 / C/N 2510) Aircraft Project, owned by the National Museum of the United States Air Force (NMUSAF) and determined excess to collection needs. Aircraft has three Wright R-1820-99 engines and is not airworthy or suitable for flight purposes. Original data plate is present and no maintenance log books are available for the aircraft and engines.

 

The Northrop YC-125 was a military version of the Northrop N-23 Pioneer commercial cargo aircraft. The YC-125 series was intended to satisfy two types of missions for the Air Force: troop and equipment transport to forward combat areas and Arctic rescue. The YC-125 was designed to operate from rough, short airfields and to be easily maintained.

 

Thirteen YC-125As were ordered in 1948 to test the aircraft's ability to haul troops and cargo.

 

National Museum of the US Air Force

Wright-Patterson AFB

Dayton, OH

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Uploaded on March 2, 2016
Taken on July 19, 2008