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04/19/2006. From Joe Baugher's website: "To civilian registry as N75398 in 1964. To Aviateca Guatemalteca as TG-ATA in 1968." From an C-82 "Packet" advertisement in the November 1945 issue of Flying magazine: IT'S EASY TO LOAD THE Fairchild PACKET The Army can drive 10-wheeled trucks, tanks, and may other units of heavy military equipment right into the spacious hold of the Fairchild "Packet". Or bulky cases can be "walked" from a trailer truck directly onto the flow of this "flying boxcar" (Note: Horizontal "Packet" floor is the same height as a standard truck floor.) Smaller packages can be loaded through the forward door or through the paratroop doors at the read when the tail is closed. Think what this efficient cargo handling will do for the air shippers of tomorrow! Fast flying freight... safe, easy loading... costs comparable to surface transport at air express speeds. All Fairchild Aircraft Division's production facilities are now building the"Packet" in quantities exclusively for the USAAF. Additional and more detailed information can be obtained by writing Transport Sales Division, Fairchild Aircraft, Hagerstown, Maryland. Fairchild AIRCRAFT Division of Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corporation Hagerstown, Maryland, USA