assault glider

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    What If ... assault gliders 1946?

    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...
  2. Stargazer

    Christopher AG-1 and Timm AG-2 assault gliders

    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...
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    • airborne forces allies assault glider early 1940s united states army air corps united states army air forces world war ii
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    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  3. hesham

    Benes LD 605 Haban Transport Glider Project

    Hi, The Benes LD-605 was a transport glider prototype at Czechoslovakia in 1951,but it was never completed. Source; Air Enthusiast,1972 magazine.
  4. J

    USAAF 1946 Informal Design Competition, Glider, Assault, Light

    I am looking for a picture of the Douglas CG-19 glider project that was initiated in 1946. Anybody can help? Jso Heyman
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    • airborne forces assault glider 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
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  5. Jemiba

    Transport gliders

    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...
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    • 21st century airborne forces assault glider cargo glider cold war glider late 20th century post-cold war post-world war ii transport glider world war ii
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    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
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