Waco CG-13
| CG-13 | |
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| The XCG-13 | |
| Role | Transport GliderTemplate:Short description |
| Designer | Waco Aircraft Company |
| First flight | 1943 |
| Introduction | 1945 |
| Retired | 1945 |
| Primary users | USAAF RAF |
| Produced | 1945 |
| Number built | 135 |
The Waco CG-13 was an American military transport glider aircraft developed during World War II.
Design and development
Wright Field Glider Branch realized a need for a glider larger than the CG-4A and requested designs. The response by several companies produced designs for five larger gliders. One of these designs was the XCG-13 by Waco Aircraft Company of Troy, Ohio.
The XCG-13 contract was for a 30-place design with an Script error: No such module "convert". useful load capacity to fly Script error: No such module "convert". at an altitude of Script error: No such module "convert". altitude. Flight testing of the prototype was performed at Clinton County Army Air Field and the type was approved on 10 March 1943. Testing found that a tricycle landing gear should be used, and that a hydraulic system be incorporated to open the top-hinged nose opening. These features were incorporated into the second XCG-13.
Ford Motor Company at Kingsford, Michigan and Northwestern Aeronautical at St. Paul, Minnesota built YCG-13 models [1] and were given contracts to build the production CG-13A. WACO was not given a production contract. Northwestern Aeronautical built 49 production articles. Ford built 48 as 30 place and 37 as 42 place by adding a bench down the center of the cargo section. Between the two companies, 268 contracted articles were canceled in favor of producing more CG-4A gliders.
Operational history
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Specifications (CG-13A)
See also
Related development
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
- Airspeed Horsa
- DFS 230
- General Aircraft Hamilcar
- General Aircraft Hotspur
- Gotha Go 242
- Schweizer cargo glider designs
- Slingsby Hengist
Related lists
Operators
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- Royal Air Force
- Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment - two CG-13As for trials in 1945.
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References
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- ↑ "Largest Glider." Popular Science, March 1944, p. 66, bottom of page.
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- Mondey, David, The Concise Guide to American Aircraft of World War II. London: Chancellor, 1996. I185152 706 0.SBN
- Silent Ones WWII Invasion Glider Test and Experiment Clinton County Army Air Field Wilmington Ohio
External links
- Army Glider Can Carry A Fully Loaded Truck August 1944 article on CG-4A
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