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Baynes Bat, (1943) experimental glider for testing design of a tank carrying glider; General Aircraft Hamilcar, (1942) 7 t (6.9 long tons) of cargo and 2 crew. 412 built. General Aircraft Hamilcar Mk. X, Motorised version with 2x Bristol Mercury 31 of 965 hp. 22 examples converted
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.
The Soviet Union built the world's first military gliders starting in 1932, including the 16-seat Grokhovski G63, though no glider was built in quantity until World War II. During the war, there were only two light gliders built in series: Antonov A-7 and Gribovski G-11 – about 1,000 altogether.
Data from Fighting Gliders of World War II, [39] British Warplanes of World War II, [40] BAE Systems. General characteristics. Crew: Two; Capacity: 28 troops / 2x ¼ton trucks / 1x M3A1 Howitzer + ¼ton truck with ammunition and crew / (20–25 troops was the "standard" Mark I load) [17] Length: 67 ft 0 in (20.42 m) Wingspan: 88 ft 0 in (26.82 m)
The Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant ("Giant") was a German military transport aircraft of World War II.It was a powered variant of the Me 321 military glider and was the largest land-based transport aircraft to fly during the war.
List of World War II military gliders; List of aircraft of Canada's air forces; List of aircraft of the French Air Force during World War II; List of aircraft of Germany in World War II; List of aircraft of Japan, World War II; List of aircraft of Poland during World War II; List of aircraft of the Red Army Air Forces
General Aircraft Hamilcar – British Aircraft of World War II; Hamilcar Glider page on d-daytanks.org.uk – includes pictures of the Hamilcar Glider parked and being towed. "Hamilcar Glider: A Survey of the Mammoth British tank-carrying Transport Glider" Flight 14 December 1944 pp. 634–638, 646; Hamilcar X Flight 1945
The Ju 52 towed the glider using a 40 metres (131 ft) cable or, in bad weather, a much shorter rigid bar connected by an articulated joint to the tow aircraft. The DFS-230 had the highest glide ratio (8:1) of any World War 2 military glider other than the Antonov A-7. This was because it was thought that the glider had to be capable of a long ...