This cargo version of the Consolidated-Vultee B-36 six-engine bomber, submitted as a design proposal to the U. S. Air Force, would carry a record load of 400 fully equipped troops or 50 tons of material across the Atlantic at over 300 m.p.h.
The double-decked C-99, as the plane has been labeled, is an outgrowth of the XC-99 experimental transport. It could take off from U.S. bases and fly nonstop to any point in England or western Europe. One version of it could tote 343 litter patiens and 33 ateendants. Its 21,715 cubic feet of usable space is an increase of more than half again as much as the XC-99 contains. Forty-four of the airplanes could transport an entire air-borne division.
The entire upper deck, including crewțs compartment, would pe pressurized.
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