Fairchild C-82 Packet
E285943
The Fairchild C-82 Packet was an American twin-boom, twin-engine military transport aircraft developed during World War II for cargo and paratroop operations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fairchild C-82 Packet canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2582127 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fairchild C-82 Packet Context triple: [Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, basedOn, Fairchild C-82 Packet]
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A.
Convair 240
The Convair 240 is a twin‑engine, pressurized short- to medium-haul airliner introduced in the late 1940s and widely used by airlines and military operators around the world.
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B.
Curtiss C-46 Commando
The Curtiss C-46 Commando is a large American twin-engine transport aircraft widely used by the U.S. military in World War II for high-altitude, long-range cargo and troop operations.
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C.
Douglas C-54 Skymaster
The Douglas C-54 Skymaster is a four‑engine, long‑range military transport aircraft developed from the DC‑4 airliner and widely used by the U.S. and allied forces during and after World War II.
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D.
Convair 440
The Convair 440 is a twin-engine, short- to medium-range commercial airliner developed in the 1950s as an improved, pressurized variant of Convair’s successful series of piston-powered passenger aircraft.
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E.
Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor
The Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor is a twin-engine military transport and trainer aircraft, derived from the Beechcraft Model 18, that was widely used by the United States and allied air forces from World War II through the postwar era.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fairchild C-82 Packet Target entity description: The Fairchild C-82 Packet was an American twin-boom, twin-engine military transport aircraft developed during World War II for cargo and paratroop operations.
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A.
Convair 240
The Convair 240 is a twin‑engine, pressurized short- to medium-haul airliner introduced in the late 1940s and widely used by airlines and military operators around the world.
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B.
Curtiss C-46 Commando
The Curtiss C-46 Commando is a large American twin-engine transport aircraft widely used by the U.S. military in World War II for high-altitude, long-range cargo and troop operations.
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C.
Douglas C-54 Skymaster
The Douglas C-54 Skymaster is a four‑engine, long‑range military transport aircraft developed from the DC‑4 airliner and widely used by the U.S. and allied forces during and after World War II.
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D.
Convair 440
The Convair 440 is a twin-engine, short- to medium-range commercial airliner developed in the 1950s as an improved, pressurized variant of Convair’s successful series of piston-powered passenger aircraft.
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E.
Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor
The Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor is a twin-engine military transport and trainer aircraft, derived from the Beechcraft Model 18, that was widely used by the United States and allied air forces from World War II through the postwar era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military transport aircraft
ⓘ
twin-boom aircraft ⓘ twin‑engine aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory | medium transport aircraft ⓘ |
| cargoHoldVolume | ~3,400 cu ft ⓘ |
| construction | all-metal ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crew | 3 ⓘ |
| cruiseSpeed | ~260 km/h ⓘ |
| designedFor |
airborne assault operations
ⓘ
glider towing ⓘ heavy cargo transport ⓘ |
| developedDuring | World War II ⓘ |
| engineType | radial piston engine ⓘ |
| enteredServiceWith | United States Army Air Forces ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1944-09-10 ⓘ |
| fuselageType | high-mounted fuselage pod ⓘ |
| height | 8.84 m ⓘ |
| introduced | 1945 ⓘ |
| landingGear | tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| length | 22.86 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Fairchild Aircraft ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | ~295 km/h ⓘ |
| nicknamed | Packet ⓘ |
| notableFeature | rear cargo doors for drive-on loading ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | 223 ⓘ |
| payloadCapacity | ~8,000 kg ⓘ |
| powerplant | 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp radial engines ⓘ |
| primaryRole |
cargo transport
ⓘ
paratroop transport ⓘ |
| range | ~2,300 km ⓘ |
| retired | early 1950s ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | ~7,300 m ⓘ |
| successor | Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | twin-boom ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Brazilian Air Force
ⓘ
French Air Force ⓘ Aeronautica Militare ⓘ
surface form:
Italian Air Force
Pakistan Air Force ⓘ
surface form:
Pakistani Air Force
United States Air Force ⓘ United States Army Air Forces ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| usedIn | Berlin Airlift ⓘ |
| variant |
C-82A
ⓘ
C-82A ⓘ
surface form:
C-82N
XC-82 ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | high-wing ⓘ |
| wingspan | 38.05 m ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Fairchild C-82 Packet Description of subject: The Fairchild C-82 Packet was an American twin-boom, twin-engine military transport aircraft developed during World War II for cargo and paratroop operations.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar