Air Freighter

Curtiss-Wright in Buffalo last week opened its enormous overhead doors all the way, proudly wheeled out the first of a long line of new Army transports (C-46). Ace Designer George A. Page Jr. planned it for huge capacity (50 or more troops, more than 9 1/2 tons of freight), long range, economy--only two super-powerful engines--and safety. With the Douglas C-54s and Lockheed Constellations, C46 will share the job of quickly shifting United Nations men & machines all over the world (TIME, March 2, April 20). The company figures that 21 of these freighters, each making three trips a day, could replace the 4,500 trucks that used to ply the Burma Road--one plane replacing 218 trucks.

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