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

military gliders during Operation Market The most widely used type was the Waco CG-4A, which was first used in the invasion of Sicily in July 1943 and participated...

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...

CG-4A and requested designs. The response by several companies produced designs for five larger gliders. One of these designs was the XCG-13 by Waco Aircraft...

built by Waco and given Army Air Forces Serial No. 41-29617. The CG-3A became obsolete with the development of the much improved Waco designed CG-4A 15-place...

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...

which were most widely used by the Allies were the American-designed Waco CG-4A, which could carry 13 passengers, and the British-designed Airspeed Horsa...

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 1945...

glider program. One of its first goals was to locate and restore a WACO CG-4A (See CG-4 Hadrian) glider for public display and viewing. Several former glider...

thirteen separate objectives by 200 C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft and 234 Waco CG-4A gliders. The transport aircraft were divided into four groups, two of...

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...

30 troop seats, the Horsa was much bigger than the 13-troop American Waco CG-4A (known as the Hadrian by the British), and thus offered greater carrying...

much-needed 32 Airspeed Horsa gliders for administrative personnel, and six Waco CG-4A gliders for U.S. Signals' personnel. Since the bulk of both troops and...

thirteen separate objectives by 200 C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft and 234 Waco CG-4A gliders. The transport aircraft were divided into four groups, two of...

thirteen separate objectives by 200 C-47 Dakota transport aircraft and 234 Waco CG-4A gliders, with eighty-five percent of the airborne troops being delivered...

C-47 Skytrain transports, 72 C-46 Commando transports, and more than 900 Waco CG-4A gliders. The British 6th Airborne Division consisted of 7,220 personnel...

Training Wing. Aircraft assigned were Douglas C-47 Skytrains and Waco CG-4A gliders. The CG-4A was the USAAF's primary glider, consisting of little more than...

training of combat glider pilots destined to fly larger craft, such as the Waco CG-4A. Aeronca's World War II designs—the Defender, TG-5 and L-3 variants—differed...

including the British Airspeed Horsa, Russian Polikarpov BDP S-1, American Waco CG-3, Japanese Kokusai Ku-8, and German Junkers Ju 322. These aircraft were...

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A 1943 USAAF Waco CG-4A...

Service Pilots (WASPs) to fly B-17 bombers and glider pilots to fly the Waco CG-4A. After the war, the airfield switched from flight training to developing...

1943: during a demonstration flight of an "all St. Louis-built glider", a Waco CG-4A, USAAF serial 42-78839, built by sub-contractor Robertson Aircraft Company...

holdings.: 198  The Commonwealth Aircraft Company went on to produce Waco CG-3A and CG-4A gliders under contract during the war. The company built 1,470 of...

Jarrah William D. Becker United States 1943 Politician, mayor of St. Louis Waco CG-4A-RO Lambert Field, St. Louis, Missouri, United States Loss of right wing...

bulldozer small and light enough to be flown in the Douglas C-47 and the Waco CG-4A. When the parameters were set the military looked for a company to create...

1946. James Ward Morris during World War I Waco CG-4A in flight Waco CG-4A on the ground Jeep loading onto Waco glider USS General G.O. Squier (AP-130) underway...

development Gotha Go 242 Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Waco CG-4A General Aircraft Hotspur Airspeed Horsa Slingsby Hengist Gribovski G-11...

F4U-4 Corsair Vought OS2U-3 Kingfisher Vultee BT-13B Valiant Waco 10 GXE Waco CG-4A Hadrian Waco UEC Wright Flyer (replica) Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka 11 Planes...