C-131

	Convair 440, C-131 Samaritan
	Short Range Transport
	First Flight: 1947 First Use: 1949 Total Built: 147 (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, RF) Manufacturer: Convair and General Dynamics Wingspan: 92 feet 0 inch Length: 75 feet 0 inch Height: 27 feet 0 inch Engines: Two 2,500 Pratt & Whitney R-2800 99W Radials Max. Speed: 293 MPH Service Ceiling: 24,500 feet Max. Range: 1,450 miles Payload: 16,000 lb cargo, 60 combat troops, 42 stretchers Armament: none Crew: 2-3 Versions: recon, navigator/bombardier trainer
	The C-131 was a military transport version of the Convair-Liner built by General Dynamics. It was the first pressurized, twin engine transport ordered by the Military Air Transport Service. The T-29 version of this aircraft filled the back of the plane with student stations and was used to train bombardiers, navigators and electronic warfare officers. The museum's C-131 is a D model, serial number 54-2808, manufactured by Consolidated Vultee, San Diego, CA and delivered to the Air Force on October 19, 1954. It served with the 1299th Air Transport Squadron (MTC), 4500th Air Base Wint (TAC), 1001st Composite Wing and the 125th Fighter-Interceptor Group (ANG). It was an east coast airplane flying out of Bolling AFB, D.C., Langley AFB, VA, Andrews AFB, MD and Jacksonville AP, FL.
	This artifact is on loan from the U.S. Air Force Museum Program.