Suppose that operational helicopters were delayed several years beyond the original time line.
Airborne operations are still limited to parachutes and assault gliders.
What direction would assault gliders develop?
Would they be limited to delivering small squads (say 10 men) to capture...
Alongside the training and cargo gliders already in service at the outbreak of World War II, an idea that received more attention with the U.S. Army Air Force was the assault glider. Major Lewin B. Barringer, a glider specialist, on the staff of AAF, presented blueprints for such a glider in the...
airborne forces
assaultglider
bell aircraft corporation
cargo glider
douglas aircraft company
hughes aircraft company
late 1940s
post-world war ii
united states army air forces
world war ii
During WW II the idea of the transport glider was "en vogue", so several countries
developed and built such types.
One of them was Sweden. The AB Flygindustri of Halmstad designed a glider with the
designation Fi 3 of wooden construction, intended for 11 troops plus pilot.
Much better known...
21st century
airborne forces
assaultglider
cargo glider
cold war
glider
late 20th century
post-cold war
post-world war ii
transport glider
world war ii
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