aircraftproduction

Convair F-106A Delta Darts incl. F-106A-CO 57-229 on the factory production line in San Diego, CA ca. '57.

Northrop YC-125 Pioneer

Or C-125 "Raider". 3 x R-1820s. A postwar design for a simple, rugged STOL transport, channeling the early '30s Ju-52/3M. A factory shot. The front aircraft is probably ready to roll out. There's one sitting outside at the US Air Force Museum in Ohio.

Wiki-page; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YC-125_Raider

Northrop's first post-war civil design was a three-engined STOL passenger and cargo transport named the Northrop N-23 Pioneer. The Pioneer could carry 36 passengers or five tons of cargo and first flew on 21 December 1946. The aircraft had a good performance, but there was little interest due to the availability of cheap war surplus aircraft. The Pioneer was lost in a fatal crash in 1947. In 1948 the United States Air Force expressed interest in an aircraft of the same configuration and placed an order with Northrop for 23 aircraft, 13 troop transports designated the C-125A Raider and 10 for Arctic rescue work designated the C-125B. With the company designation N-32 Raider the first aircraft flew on 1 August 1949.(Wikipedia)

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Wow, great to see our NC18912 being built.