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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • 2015. Clark, Anders (25 June 2015) "The Beechcraft A36 Bonanza" paragraph 4. Disciples of Flight. Retrieved 12 August 2015. Perdue, Scott (1 May 2007)...
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    Douglas XCG-17 (redirect from Douglas CG-17)
    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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • 43-26588 Vultee BT-13 Valiant 42-90629 Vultee L-1A Vigilant 41-19039 Waco CG-4 45-27948 Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka Douglas A-26C Invader 44-35733 Douglas C-124C...
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