But this was exactly what transpired during the interesting life of the Fairchild C-123 Provider. The legacy of the C-123 Provider began in glider form with its predecessor, the Chase XCG-20.

Here’s What You Need to Know: The C-123 Provider could carry up to sixty ... the contract was subsequently transferred to Fairchild, which produced about three hundred C-123Bs.

The aircraft is one of 303 Fairchild C-123 Providers built between 1954 and 1958 by Fairchild Aircraft in Hagerstown. Built for the Air Force, C-123s were designed for short-field takeoff and ...

One of the lesser-known aerial workhorses of the Vietnam War was the Fairchild C-123K Provider ... needed for the coming conflict in Vietnam. C-123 Provider, which had a crew of three or four ...

This is just that plane, the Fairchild C-123K Provider. Before the days of the ... Two powered versions of the XC-123 prototype were constructed, one using its given name alone and the other ...

Perched in the jungle on the Pacific edge of Costa Rica, a 1954 Fairchild C-123 Provider aircraft originally built for the U.S. Air Force sits looking like it might have crashed into a hill.

The company manufactured several types of aircraft, including 303 C-123 Providers that were built from 1954 to 1958. “More than 10,000 Fairchild employees worked on this plane and other ...

will feature static displays of several aircraft, including a North American B-25 Mitchell, a Fairchild C-123 Provider, a Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) and the Cleveland Metro Life Flight.