The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (Navy and Marine Corps designation R4Q) was an American military transport aircraft developed from the World War II-era Fairchild C-82 Packet, designed to carry cargo, personnel, litter patients, and mechanized equipment, and to drop cargo and troops by parachute. The first C-119 made its initial flight in November 1947, and by the time production ceased in 1955, more than 1,100 C-119s had been built. Its cargo-hauling ability and unusual appearance earned it the nickname "Flying Boxcar".
For the first time in 1958, R.O.C Air Force was supported 16 C-119s from U.S.A. Until 1970, They have taken over more than 100 C-119s continually. The C-119 Flying Boxcars were very important and useful transport aircrafts for R.O.C Air Force. It was not only used for transport and dropping cargo and troops by parachute, but also used for rainmaking, fire fighting, photoreconnaissance, shore patrol...etc until it was decommissioned in 1997.
In Taiwan, People was used to call C-119 as 'Old Hen'. When I was little, I usually saw a flight of 'Old Hen', sometimes would be dozens, flew overhead. This is the memory of our generation, and now the remaining few 'Old Hen' was displayed in some Park. You will see the one of them in this cache site..
Please bring a pen for logging, and put the cache back the position you found it.
If you like to visit more Old Hens by caching, here are them:
Old Hen in Baguashan (GC8181K)
Old Hen in Xihu Military Jet Park (GC8TV35)