The Curtiss CW-20 (C-46) Commando was designed as a DC-3 competitor, but with almost twice the carrying capacity (but about the same speed). The Commando made it's maiden flight in March, 1940, and sported Wright Cyclone R-2600 radials of 1700 hp. It was subsequently used as a military transport, and was most famous for its "Hump" trips from India to China during WW II. After the war, Curtiss tried to launch a new passenger transport version of the Commando, the CW-20E. However, with thousands of surplus transports on the market, this project never stood any real chance of success. In fact, even civil C-46 passenger conversions failed to attract orders from US trunk carriers, and the Commando was most often used as a freighter in the US. On the other hand, the Commando proved to be very popular in South America, where several may still be in service.
FS2004/FSX Flying Tiger
Line C-46 Commando. Libar Guzman has created this all new GMAX C-46 with
help from Greg Pepper and myself, and painted it into Flying Tigers livery.
They used it throughout the USA. Includes flight dynamics by FSAviator, panels
by Willy McCoy, sounds by Mike Hambly, Benoit Plamondon, & Mark Cranston
(Aeromusica). Other liveries included (by several authors) include Aerocondor,
Aeronorte, Everts Air Fuel, and USAAF. Bare metal livery included for repaints.
Last updated on 3/22/07. FS2004
version by Wayne Tudor and JR Lucariny. Last updated on 4/13/06.