C-46 Commando / Air America Experimental and Prototypes The Me 262 made history

The Me 262 made history in 1944 as the first jet to engage in combat

the first company to bear their name

but the 1939 DH 82a received the 145 hp Gipsy Major

greater payload and pressurized cabin

equipped with a six-barrel M-61 20mm Vulcan cannon and heat-seeking Sidewinder missiles

C-46 Commando / Air America Experimental and Prototypes The Me 262 made historyThe 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