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Over on another thread (cargo gliders) we got distracted by discussing military training gliders.
This new thread focuses on 2 or 3 seat gliders specifically built for training military glider pilots, especially those who flew assault gliders into WW2 battles.
So far, we have only found two generations of TGs built in the USA, with perhaps a third prototype built by Auster/Taylorcraft in the UK.
Once Germany had demonstrated the value of assault gliders and paratroopers - during the invasions of the Low Countries, Denmark and Norway, others rushed to copy this new weapon of war.
But it seems that only the USA built gliders specifically as trainers.
The first generation were built in small numbers by Laister-Kauffman, Pratt-Read and the Schweitzer Brothers.
The second generation were built - in large numbers - by Aeronca, Interstate and Piper.
This new thread focuses on 2 or 3 seat gliders specifically built for training military glider pilots, especially those who flew assault gliders into WW2 battles.
So far, we have only found two generations of TGs built in the USA, with perhaps a third prototype built by Auster/Taylorcraft in the UK.
Once Germany had demonstrated the value of assault gliders and paratroopers - during the invasions of the Low Countries, Denmark and Norway, others rushed to copy this new weapon of war.
But it seems that only the USA built gliders specifically as trainers.
The first generation were built in small numbers by Laister-Kauffman, Pratt-Read and the Schweitzer Brothers.
The second generation were built - in large numbers - by Aeronca, Interstate and Piper.
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