Gliding to Success: World War II Training Gliders

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5 жыл бұрын

A group from the Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum (WAAAM) came to Oshkosh for AirVenture 2018 to display and demonstrate three warbirds that are as unconventional as they are rare. The aircraft were World War II-era training gliders, including a Kauffman TG-4A, a Taylorcraft TG-6, and a Piper TG-8. The TG-6 and TG-8 were both modified versions of powered aircraft that were in production at the time. The Piper and Taylorcraft, with their shorter wings and resulting lesser glide ratios, proved to be excellent training platforms to prepare pilots to fly the heavier troop transport gliders like the Waco CG4-A.

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@user-ve5sb3oi5v 3 ай бұрын

The video did not mention Operation Varsity across the Rhine River on March 24th, '45. My Father flew a CG-4A and participated in that attack on Germany. He talked about training in a Piper TG-8. He would describe it pretty similar to this video, "A Cub with its nose cut off."

@Allan_aka_RocKITEman 4 жыл бұрын

_Prototypes flying in _*_NINE DAYS????_* *WOWZERS!!!!*

@BoB4jjjjs 5 жыл бұрын

Those were some of the bravest pilots around, who else would go under fire and try to land a powerless aircraft with heavy equipment and men on board? Thanks guys, you did the free world proud. Edit to add that sometimes they flew more than one flight, the glider was recovered, taken back and loaded again. They used a hook to grab the glider and pull it up into the air, then towed it back, reloaded it and put it back again.

@jacklow8590 5 жыл бұрын

My grandfather was a ww2 glider pilot.normandy, southern France, Holland and Rhine crossing.

@user-ve5sb3oi5v 3 ай бұрын

My Father was in the Rhine Crossing.

@ameliafox9429 5 жыл бұрын

Good as always, keep up the good work!

@paulwoodman5131 23 күн бұрын

Weren't the glider pilots/crew also in Airborne? Once down there's some fighting to do.

@chriswalton720 5 жыл бұрын

Did you know that the U.S. Navy tried to use the TG-6 as the basis for a radio controlled glider bomb? It was designated the XLNT-1 and nicknamed the “Glomb.” It ultimately didn’t work but it an audacious idea.

@psanderbrand 5 жыл бұрын

Is it possible to actually gain altitude by thermeling in these aircrafts or are they really only meant for dead stick training? The TG-4 seems to be the only one that was really designed as a glider.

@rcbif101 5 жыл бұрын

Depends how strong the thermal is, lol. But realistically - no. I asked them at Airventure last year.

@psanderbrand 5 жыл бұрын

@@rcbif101 You can thermal a c172 below a cumulonimbus cloud if your brave enough ;D

@BoB4jjjjs 5 жыл бұрын

The only way is down.

@jayolah6127 9 ай бұрын

i have a tg 4 logbook with flights up to 3 hours on it its got simaliar preformance to a sgs 233

@ckim6400 4 жыл бұрын

In a transport glider after you cut away from the tow plane there was only one way to go and on your way down you carefully looked for a good landing spot within the range of your glide.