page_title: Fairchild C-123 Provider
section_title: Specifications (C-123K Provider)
hierarchical_section_title: Fairchild C-123 Provider / Specifications (C-123K Provider)
caption_attribution_description: English: "Jailbird" movie model used in Con Air|Con Air (1997).
context_page_description: The Fairchild C-123 Provider is an American military transport aircraft designed by Chase Aircraft and then built by Fairchild Aircraft for the U.S. Air Force. In addition to its USAF service, which included later service with the Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard, it also went on to serve most notably with the U.S. Coast Guard and various air forces in Southeast Asia. During the War in Vietnam, the C-123 was used to deliver supplies, to evacuate the wounded, and also used to spray Agent Orange.
context_section_description: Data from The Observer's Book of Basic Aircraft: Military (dimensions), Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1969–70 (weights and performance)
  General characteristics
  Crew: 4
  Capacity: 60 passengers, 50 litters, or 24,000 pounds (11,000 kg) of cargo
  Length: 76 ft 3 in (23.24 m)
  Wingspan: 110 ft 0 in (33.53 m)
  Height: 34 ft 1 in (10.39 m)
  Wing area: 1,223 sq ft (113.6 m²)
  Airfoil:  NACA 23017
  Empty weight: 35,366 lb (16,042 kg)
  Gross weight: 51,576 lb (23,394 kg)
  Max takeoff weight: 60,000 lb (27,216 kg)
  Fuel capacity: 1,462 US gal (1,217 imp gal; 5,530 L) internal + 2x 450 US gal (370 imp gal; 1,700 L) underwing drop-tanks
  Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-2800-99W Double Wasp 18-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)  each
  Powerplant: 2 × General Electric J85-GE-17 turbojet engines, 2,850 lbf (12.7 kN) thrust each
  Propellers: 3-bladed Hamilton Standard constant-speed fully feathering reversible-pitch propellers
  Performance
  Maximum speed: 228 mph (367 km/h, 198 kn) at 10,000 ft (3,048 m)
  Cruise speed: 173 mph (278 km/h, 150 kn) maximum at 10,000 ft (3,048 m)
  Stall speed: 95 mph (153 km/h, 83 kn) flaps and undercarriage down
  Range: 1,035 mi (1,666 km, 899 nmi) with maximum payload
  Ferry range: 3,280 mi (5,280 km, 2,850 nmi) with 2x 500 US gal (420 imp gal; 1,900 l) "Benson" auxiliary tanks
  Service ceiling: 21,100 ft (6,400 m) with one engine inoperative
  Rate of climb: 1,220 ft/min (6.2 m/s) at sea level with one engine inoperative
  Take-off run: 1,167 ft (356 m)
  Take-off distance to 50 ft (15 m): 1,809 ft (551 m)
  Landing distance from 50 ft (15 m): 1,800 ft (549 m)
caption: Fairchild C-123 used for static and taxi scenes in Con Air (1997), at Wendover Airfield, c. 2011
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