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The Convair XC-99 AF Ser. No. 43-52436 was a prototype heavy cargo aircraft built by Convair for the United States Air Force. It was the largest piston-engined land-based transport aircraft ever built and was developed from the B-36 bomber sharing the wings and some other structures with it. The first flight was on 23 November 1947 in San Diego California and after testing it was delivered to the Air Force on 23 November 1949.
