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-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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glider intended for training CG-4 pilots. Waco CG-4, also known as the "Hadrian", troop glider. Waco CG-13: troop glider. Waco CG-15: troop glider. Northwestern...
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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-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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List of United States Air Force aircraft designations (1919–1962) (section CG: Cargo Glider (1941–1948))
Bowlus CG-8 – Bowlus CG-9 – AGA Aviation CG-10 Trojan Horse – Laister-Kauffman CG-11 – Snead (not built) CG-12 – Read-York CG-13 – Waco CG-14 – Chase CG-15...
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The Waco F series is a series of American-built general aviation and military biplane trainers of the 1930s from the Waco Aircraft Company. The Waco 'F'...
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Command training airfield. The Laurinburg–Maxton Airbase was the largest Waco CG-4A glider pilot training base in the world. It was closed on 30 October...
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YF-95 recoded FU GA Waco PG-2 GB Waco PG-3 GC Waco CG-4 GD Laister-Kauffman XCG-10 Trojan Horse GE Waco CG-13 GF Chase YCG-14 GG Waco CG-15 GH Chase XCG-18...
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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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Pratt-Read TG-32 Schweitzer LNS St Louis CG-5, prototype only Taylorcraft LBT Taylorcraft LNT Waco CG-3 Waco CG-4A Hadrian, 13 troops and 2 crew. More than 12...
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United Kingdom 1942 18 Waco CG-13 United States 1945 135 Waco CG-15 United States 1943 473 Waco CG-3 United States 1942 100 Waco CG-4/Hadrian United States...
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The Waco Standard Cabin series is a range of American single-engine 4–5 seat fabric covered cabin biplanes produced by the Waco Aircraft Company beginning...
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capacity was twice that of the C-47. The command also had 1,922 CG-4A Waco and 20 Waco CG-13 gliders just prior to its last big operation in March 1945.[citation...
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gliders. Types tested included gliders AW.52, GAL.55, GAL.56, GAL.61, Waco CG-13, plus helicopters Bristol 171, Cierva W.14 Skeeter, Cierva Air Horse,...
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The Waco S Series is a family of American cabin biplanes produced by the Waco Aircraft Company starting in 1935. The Waco closed cabin biplanes, initially...
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interactions with the native people. The high-altitude rescue was performed using Waco CG-4 gliders towed by a Douglas C-47 Skytrain. Three separate rescues were...
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The Waco A series is a range of light American-built twin side-by-side seater sporting biplanes of the early 1930s. The Waco A series was introduced in...
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The Waco 10/GXE/Waco O series was a range of three-seat open-cockpit biplanes built by the Advance Aircraft Company, later the Waco Aircraft Company....
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C-72 was a blanket designation given to a variety of privately owned Waco enclosed-cabin biplanes pressed into service by the United States Army Air Forces...
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The Waco Custom Cabins were a series of up-market single-engined four-to-five-seat cabin sesquiplanes of the late 1930s produced by the Waco Aircraft Company...
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the American military glider CG-4A Waco, its exterior configuration being very similar. It had a crew of two and carried 13 fully loaded soldiers. General...
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2 April 1951; 13 June 1952 – 14 April 1959 314th Troop Carrier Squadron: 1 November 1943 – 31 July 1946; 27 June 1949 – 2 April 1951; 13 June 1952 – 14...
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Vultee BT-13/BT-15 Valiant - Basic trainer Vultee XP-54 - Prototype fighter Vultee P-66 Vanguard - Fighter Waco CG-3 - Troop glider Waco CG-4 - Troop...
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The Waco E series is a small family of American-built cabin biplanes built between 1939 and 1942, which differed primarily by engine installation. The...
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"Weinstein Co. Launches CG Unstable Fables Video Line". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2024-02-06. "Weinstein Co. Launches CG Unstable Fables Video...
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BT-13/BT-15 Valiant basic trainer Vultee XP-54 prototype fighter Vultee P-66 Vanguard fighter Waco CG-3 troop glider Waco CG-4 troop glider Waco PT-14...
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The Waco Model W Aristocraft was an American four-seat monoplane, the last aircraft designed and built by the Waco Aircraft Company. It had an unusual...
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Wacoworld (category The Waco Brothers albums)
"Spin Control". Showcase. Chicago Sun-Times. p. 5. "Robert Christgau: CG: Waco Brothers". www.robertchristgau.com. (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide...
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competition against the Waco CG-13A at Wright Field. The XCG-16’s preferred tow aircraft was the Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar. Design of the CG-16 evolved from...
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