C-123 Provider Model Airplane

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The "Provider" is a short-range assault transport used to airlift troops and cargo onto short runways and unprepared airstrips. Designed by the Chase Aircraft Co., the C-123 evolved from earlier designs for large assault gliders. The first prototype XC-123 made its initial flight on October 14, 1949, powered by two piston engines. A second prototype was built as the XG-20 glider. It was later test-flown, powered by four jet engines.

The first group to receive the C-123 was the USAF transport units followed by the Coast Guard who used the C-123 Provider aircraft for rescue missions. The C-123 could also be the test bed for numerous experimental versions designed at improving its Short Take-Off and landing capabilities. The C-123 Provider is very maneuverable at low speeds. Thus, this made the C-123 an excellent tactical transport. The C-123 Provider aircraft possessed high mounted wings and tail surfaces on a pod type fuselage which made for easy rear end unobstructed on and off loading. During the early career of C-123 was often used as transports for paratroopers.

The C-123 Provider saw extensive service in Vietnam. Besides their airlift assignments, Providers were engaged in spraying the infamous "Agent Orange" that stripped large areas of Vietnamese jungle of foliage depriving enemy infiltrators cover.

Some of the C-123s were used as VIP transport, including General William Westmoreland's White Whale. The C-123 Provider also gained infamy for its use in Operation Ranch Hand in Vietnam. In addition to this, the C-123 was also used as a jump aircraft for US Army Airborne students located at Lawson Army Airfield. The C-123 Provider was used in conjunction with the C-130 and C-141. Moreover, the C-123 Provider was often used in movie scenes that include large cargos. Today, surplus C-123s are popular with small freight companies throughout the Americas, and a few are even found on the warbird circuit. Several are repeatedly used in television advertising and movies when the need arises for the representation of a large, generic military cargo aircraft.