The Waco CG-4 was the most widely used American troop/cargo military glider of World War II. It was designated the CG-4A by the United States Army Air...

The Waco CG-3A was a United States light troop military glider of World War II. The CG-3A was the United States Army Air Force's first production troop-carrying...

The Waco CG-15 was an American military glider, which was developed from the CG-4. Although outwardly similar to its predecessor and carrying the same...

The Waco CG-13 was an American military transport glider aircraft developed during World War II. Wright Field Glider Branch realized a need for a glider...

CG-4 may refer to: Waco CG-4, an American military glider of World War II CG 4, a star-forming region in the Puppis constellation This disambiguation page...

Operation Market Garden. The Waco CG-4 was the most numerous of their glider designs to be produced. At the same time Waco produced over 600 of its UPF-7...

Bluebird - 35 Horsa and 40 Waco CG-4 gliders mainly carrying artillery. The Horsa's turned back because of thick fog, 33 CG-4 managed to land. Most of the...

June 28, the survivors and two paratrooper medics were recovered using Waco CG-4 gliders towed by a Douglas C-47 Skytrain. Three separate rescues were...

refrigerators. During the Second World War, Gibson manufactured 1,078 Waco CG-4 troop and cargo assault gliders under license. The company claims to have...

opera about the relationship between the Roman Emperor and Antinous The Waco CG-4 glider, named "Hadrian" in British service G-AAUE Hadrian, a named Handley...

Prototype fighter Vultee P-66 Vanguard - Fighter Waco CG-3 - Troop glider Waco CG-4 - Troop glider Waco PT-14 - Primary trainer Westland Lysander - Pater...

built) CG-1 – Frankfort (not built) CG-2 – Frankfort (not built) CG-3 – Waco CG-4 Hadrian – Waco CG-5 – St. Louis CG-6 – St. Louis (not built) CG-7 – Bowlus...

Douglas C-47 Skytrain troop carrier aircraft acting as glider tugs, 36 Waco CG-4 gliders, and 140 of the larger Airspeed Horsa gliders, divided into one...

ordered the Waco CG-3 for the eight/nine seat requirement, although only 100 were built. The fifteen-seat requirement was met by the Waco CG-4 of which more...

Materiel Command, the eight-seat Waco CG-3 (modified to become a production nine-seat glider) and the fifteen-seat Waco CG-4. In October 1941, Lewin B. Barringer...

II, Ford built a glider factory which manufactured 4190 wooden frame Waco CG-4 gliders for the US military. Scrap wood from the Ford factory was used...

the 20th anniversary of D-Day. The WACO building, shaped like a large parachute shroud, contains an authentic Waco CG-4 glider, the only example in France...

alongside Operation Samwest and Operation Lost. On 5 August 1944, 10 Waco CG-4 gliders towed by aircraft of 298 Squadron and 644 Squadron transported...

similar aircraft — followed by another week and a further eight hours on Waco CG-4 cargo gliders. Total training time was typically 46 flight hours (six...

XP-54 prototype fighter Vultee P-66 Vanguard fighter Waco CG-3 troop glider Waco CG-4 troop glider Waco PT-14 primary trainer Westland Lysander liaison Manhattan...

During World War II, the Babcock Airplane Corporation manufactured 60 Waco CG-4 assault gliders at DeLand, but the firm was out of business by 1945. The...

Osprey II Piper L-4 Grasshopper Rand KR-2 Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 – 3/4 scale replica Sperry Messenger – 1/2 scale replica Waco CG-4 K. I. Sawyer Heritage...

to Mobile Area Soaring, which used primarily Douglas C-47 Skytrain and Waco CG-4 unpowered gliders. The school aimed to train student pilots in proficiency...

had tentatively selected 5 June as the date for the assault. However, on 4 June, conditions were unsuitable for a landing: high winds and heavy seas...

321 Related lists List of military aircraft of the United States The Waco CG-4 was the glider most commonly used by the USAAF during World War II. In...

Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-164-9. Jefford, C.G. (2001). RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment...

politician (43rd mayor of St. Louis, Missouri); died in the crash of Waco CG-4 glider's first public demonstration William W. Becker, American hotelier...

Pilot Regiment includes the Airspeed Horsa and Waco CG-4. The museum has an example of the Soviet ZSU-23-4 Shilka, captured from the Iraqi Army during the...

2015. Clark, Anders (25 June 2015) "The Beechcraft A36 Bonanza" paragraph 4. Disciples of Flight. Retrieved 12 August 2015. Perdue, Scott (1 May 2007)...

screwdriver blades and suspended production of piano parts to manufacture Waco CG-4 gliders for the military. The company built 956 of the fabric-covered...