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Kurt Student - Luftwaffe general, developed glider infantry concept, commanded WW2-era Fallschirmjäger; Dennis Tito - gliding speed record holder, aerospace engineer and investment manager [24] Oskar Ursinus - gliding pioneer and designer; Gerhard Waibel - glider pilot and designer; Ann Welch - instructor and administrator
Richard Chichester du Pont (January 2, 1911 – September 11, 1943) was an American businessman and an aviation and glider pioneer who was a member of the prominent Du Pont family. He was the founder of the major US legacy carrier US Airways, after serving as a special assistant to General Henry H. Arnold, the chief of the United States Air ...
The museum is located on the site of World War II South Plains Army Air Field, where glider pilots were trained between 1942 and 1945, and after which time they were required also to command skills in powered flight. The giant "silent wing" gliders flew soldiers and supplies largely undetected behind enemy lines because they had no engine noise.
The wing was a World War II Command and Control organization which supported Training Command Flight Schools in the southwestern United States, primarily in New Mexico. The wing controlled fight schools primarily instructing in advanced (Phase III) two and four engine training, along with bombardier training and before June 1944, glider training.
In the U.S. services the glider pilots, whether the view was unwarranted or not, were considered a notable cut below power pilots. They had a separate rating of Glider Pilot, with appropriate "G" wings, and were originally mostly sergeants. [2] Once they received their wings, the command assigned glider pilots to existing troop carrier ...
The 327th Infantry Regiment (Bastogne Bulldogs) [1] is an infantry regiment of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) of the United States Army.During World War II, the 327th was a glider-borne regiment of the 101st Airborne Division.
This was the site of a U.S. Marine Corps Air Station hastily built at the onset of World War II, where the military trained pilots on gliders that were new warfare technology at the time.
The Waco CG-4 was the most widely used American troop/cargo military glider of World War II. It was designated the CG-4A by the United States Army Air Forces, [2] and given the service name Hadrian (after the Roman emperor) by the British. The glider was designed by the Waco Aircraft Company. Flight testing began in May 1942.