Frankfort Cinema
| Cinema, TG-1 | |
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| A Frankfort Cinema TG-1A on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. | |
| Role | SailplaneTemplate:Short description |
| Manufacturer | Frankfort |
| Designer | Stanley Corcoran |
The Frankfort Cinema is a sailplane manufactured in the United States in the 1930s and 1940s and which was used by the United States Army Air Corps as a training glider under the designation TG-1. It was a high-wing, strut-braced design with a fully enclosed cabin. Originally designed as a single-seater, a two-seat version designated the Cinema II was produced soon afterwards, and this design was put forward when the Army issued a requirement for training gliders. At the same time, the company was awarded production contracts for transport gliders, the CG-1 and CG-2.
However, Frankfort lacked the resources to quickly produce large numbers of gliders, and only 43 TG-1s were delivered. The TG-1 designation was also applied to 10 civilian Cinemas that were impressed into Army service.
Variants
- Cinema
- baseline design
- Cinema II
- two-seat version
- TG-1
- USAAF designation for Cinema II
- TG-23
- USAAF designation for one impressed Cinema I (serial n/o 42-57192)[1]
Aircraft on display
Specifications (Cinema II)
References
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