The Curtiss-Wright C-76 Caravan, company designation CW-27, was an American all-wood military transport aircraft meant as a substitute standard aircraft should light alloys run short in wartime. George A. Page Jr. designed it as a high-wing twin-engine cargo transport of dense mahogany plywood with a tricycle undercarriage, a radial engine on each wing, room for 23 personnel and a nose that swung out for outsize loads. The prototype YC-76 first flew in May 1943, but it proved underpowered and failed critical tests, aluminum supplies proved sufficient, and the War Department cancelled its orders on 3 August 1943 after only 25 pre-production and prototype aircraft; the Louisville plant built C-46 Commandos instead.
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A radial engine was mounted on each wing
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The first flight of the YC-76 prototype took place on 3 May 1943.
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The War Department cancelled its orders for the C-76 on 3 August 1943.
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