C-46问世 20世纪30年代,寇蒂斯公司是美国的一家以制造战斗机为主的飞机公司。随着新一代全金属单翼运输机波音247和DC-2、DC-3的问世,这家公司开始将它的目光扩展到运输机领域。从1936年起,以该公司总设计师乔治-佩奇为首的设计班子开始设计一种有24～36座位的双垂尾全金属单翼运输机。原型机称CW-20T,于1940年3月26日首飞。次年5月29日又制造出一架改成单垂尾的飞机,名为CW-20A。CW-20A采用普惠公司的 C-46 Coming out In the 1930s, Curtis Corporation was an American aircraft company that mainly made fighter jets. With the advent of a new generation of all-metal wing transporters Boeing 247 and DC-2, DC-3, the company began to expand its focus on the transport aircraft. From 1936 onwards, the design team headed by the company’s chief architect, George Page, began designing a double-tail all-metal monoplane wing with 24 to 36 seats. The prototype said the CW-20T, the first flight in March 26, 1940. On May 29, the next year, another one-tail aircraft was renamed CW-20A. CW-20A uses Pratt & Whitney’s