Check out this article at RetroMechanix.com on the General Airborne Transport XCG-16, an American flying wing type combat glider with twin booms and a single rudder dating from 1944:
The article reproduces an Army Air Force preliminary evaluation report on the type, which features 21 high...
airborne forces
assault glider
bell aircraft corporation
cargoglider
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...
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