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General Airborne Transport XCG-16 Military Transport / Assault Glider (Part 2)

Posted by editor at 4:44 pm Gliders, Transports 2 Responses » Tagged with: Burnelli, General Airborne Transport, glider, Lifting Fuselage, XCG-16

Oct 122011

In our first post on the General Airborne Transport XCG-16 military transport/assault glider, we presented a preliminary test report from November 14, 1944 evaluating this unusual lifting fuselage design. This post presents additional photos of the XCG-16 taken both before and after those previously published. The first 14 photos in the gallery above date from […]

General Airborne Transport XCG-16 Military Transport / Assault Glider (Part 1)

Posted by editor at 8:32 pm Gliders, Transports 5 Responses » Tagged with: Burnelli, General Airborne Transport, glider, Lifting Fuselage, XCG-16

Oct 052011

The gallery above reproduces an Army Air Force preliminary test report from November 14, 1944 on the General Airborne Transport XCG-16 cargo glider, a 42-place (including pilot and co-pilot) cargo glider capable of carrying a 10,000 lb useful load. It was a flying wing type with twin booms and a single rudder, incorporating two cargo […]