2017 with a Tengoen Technologies’ TB001 medium-altitude UAV, and plan an eight-turbofan carrying more than Boeing flew its Boeing Cargo Air Vehicle prototype, a vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) craft. Carpinteria, California-startup Dorsal Aircraft wants to make light standard ISO containers part of its unpiloted freighter structure where the wing, engines and tail are attached to a dorsal spine fuselage. Interconnecting long aluminum containers carry the flight loads, aiming to lower overseas airfreight costs by 60%, and plan to convert C-130H with the help of Wagner Aeronautical of San Diego, experienced in passenger-to-cargo conversions. Beijing-based Beihang UAS Technology developed its BKZ-005 high-altitude, long-range UAV for cargo transport, capable of carrying over at . Garuda Indonesia will test three of them initially from September 2019, before operations in the fourth quarter. Garuda plans up to 100 cargo UAVs to connect remote regions with limited airports in Maluku, Papua, and Sulawesi. Examples Early air mail and airlift logistics aircraft Avro Lancastrian (Transatlantic mail) Avro York (Berlin Airlift) Boeing C-7000 Curtiss JN-4 Douglas M-2 Douglas DC-3 Douglas DC-4 Douglas DC-6 Converted airliners Oversize transport Light aircraft Military cargo aircraft Experimental cargo aircraft Hughes H-4 Hercules ("Spruce Goose") Lockheed R6V Constitution LTV XC-142 Comparisons See also Airlift Air transport Cargo airline Modular aircraft Preighter References External links Airlift Cargo Aircraft History of the Airmail Service Indo-Russian Transport Aircraft (IRTA) Military transport aircraft