C-46 "China Doll" Helicopters a tricycle-geared variation of the

a tricycle-geared variation of the aircraft intended for training jet fighter pilots

and the Germans called it the "Black Death

high above most other air traffic

AH-1 Cobras were divested by October 2001

all-weather fighter-interceptor designed to locate

C-46 "China Doll" Helicopters a tricycle-geared variation of theConsolidate C 46 Commando airplane model. The 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"