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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Retrieved 4 March 2025. Traub, Alex (2 January 2024). "Maureen Flavin Sweeney Dies at 100; Her Weather Report Delayed D-Day". New York Times. Retrieved 4 January...

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...

to the C-47, the squadron also flew Airspeed Horsa gliders, as well as Waco CG-4 gliders during the war. After the war the 72nd returned to Baer Field...

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...

Thunderstreak Fairchild PT-19 Piper L-4 Stinson L-5 Sentinel Vultee BT-13 Valiant Cessna O-2A Skymaster Waco CG-4 This area of the museum covers training...

Group. The unit participated in the Southwest Pacific Theater, flying the Waco CG-4 glider and C-47 Skytrain transport. The squadron was inactivated 25 March...

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...

William B. Robertson was hosting the first public demonstration of a new Waco CG-4 glider, built under sub-contract by his company. As a crowd of spectators...

where it was the first American air unit to occupy Tempelhof Airdrome on 4 July 1945. The squadron returned to the United States in March 1946 and was...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

co-pilot, navigator, radio operator, and aerial engineer, some 5,000 Waco CG-4 glider pilots were prepared for their special function. The command was...

the base also hosted a glider school to train servicemen to fly the Waco CG-4. The airfield closed in October 1945 after the Second World War ended...

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...

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...