| Registration / Serial: | 55-4031 |
| Alternate Serial: | 54031 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Chase C-123 Avitruc |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fairchild C-123 Provider |
| Aircraft Version: | Fairchild YC-123E Provider |
| Manufacturers: | Fairchild / Stroukoff |
| C/n (msn): | Not known |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Philadelphia - International (KPHL / PHL)Map |
| Region / Country: | Pennsylvania, United States |
| Event: | National Air Show 1955 |
| Photo Date: | September 1955 |
| Photo from: | Bob Garrard CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 305354Submit Correction |
| View count: | 2478 |
Stroukoff fitted this aircraft with their "Pantobase" landing gear system, which permitted landing on any reasonably flat surface: land, water or snow. Trials were successful and the YC-123E was further developed into the YC-134.
This particular aircraft is widely reported as ex Fairchild-built C-123B 54-554 (c/n 20003), but that seems unlikely because it still has the original Chase tail with rounded tip and no dorsal fin. It is almost certainly one of the uncompleted Chase-built C-123Bs 52-1628 to 52-1631, or the rebuilt YC-123D 53-8068.
This particular aircraft is widely reported as ex Fairchild-built C-123B 54-554 (c/n 20003), but that seems unlikely because it still has the original Chase tail with rounded tip and no dorsal fin. It is almost certainly one of the uncompleted Chase-built C-123Bs 52-1628 to 52-1631, or the rebuilt YC-123D 53-8068.
| Registration / Serial: | 55-4031 |
| Alternate Serial: | 54031 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fairchild YC-123E Provider |
| C/n (msn): | Not known |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Philadelphia - International (KPHL / PHL)Map | Region / Country: | Pennsylvania, United States |
| Photo Date: | September 1955 |
| Photo from: | Bob Garrard CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 55-4031 |
| Alternate Serial: | 54031 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Chase C-123 Avitruc |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fairchild C-123 Provider |
| Aircraft Version: | Fairchild YC-123E Provider |
| Manufacturers: | Fairchild / Stroukoff |
| C/n (msn): | Not known |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Philadelphia - International (KPHL / PHL)Map |
| Region / Country: | Pennsylvania, United States |
| Event: | National Air Show 1955 |
| Photo Date: | September 1955 |
| Photo from: | Bob Garrard CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 305354Submit Correction |
| View count: | 2478 |
Stroukoff fitted this aircraft with their "Pantobase" landing gear system, which permitted landing on any reasonably flat surface: land, water or snow. Trials were successful and the YC-123E was further developed into the YC-134.
This particular aircraft is widely reported as ex Fairchild-built C-123B 54-554 (c/n 20003), but that seems unlikely because it still has the original Chase tail with rounded tip and no dorsal fin. It is almost certainly one of the uncompleted Chase-built C-123Bs 52-1628 to 52-1631, or the rebuilt YC-123D 53-8068.
This particular aircraft is widely reported as ex Fairchild-built C-123B 54-554 (c/n 20003), but that seems unlikely because it still has the original Chase tail with rounded tip and no dorsal fin. It is almost certainly one of the uncompleted Chase-built C-123Bs 52-1628 to 52-1631, or the rebuilt YC-123D 53-8068.
| Registration / Serial: | 55-4031 |
| Alternate Serial: | 54031 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fairchild YC-123E Provider |
| C/n (msn): | Not known |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Philadelphia - International (KPHL / PHL)Map | Region / Country: | Pennsylvania, United States |
| Photo Date: | September 1955 |
| Photo from: | Bob Garrard CollectionContact |