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CG-13
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The XCG-13
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Role
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Transport Glider
Type of aircraft
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Designer
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Waco Aircraft Company
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First flight
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1943
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Introduction
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1945
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Retired
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1945
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Primary users
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USAAF
RAF
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Produced
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1945
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Number built
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135
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The
Waco CG-13
was an American military transport
glider aircraft
developed during
World War II
.
Design and development
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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 8,000 lb (3,600 kg) useful load capacity to fly 174 mph (280 km/h) at an altitude of 12,000 feet (3,700 m) 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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The CG-13A glider maximum useful load was 10,200 lb (4,600 kg). The 79 mph (127 km/h) stall speed was 19 mph higher than specified. One CG-13A was flown in combat in the
Aparri Mission
in the Philippines. The CG-13A gliders were not flown in combat in Europe but were used as transports in England and France.
Specifications (CG-13A)
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Data from
The Concise Guide to American Aircraft of World War II,
[2]
Fighting Gliders of World War II
[3]
General characteristics
Performance
- Stall speed:
79 mph (127 km/h, 69 kn) Flaps down
- 83 mph (72 kn; 134 km/h) Flaps up
- 150 mph (130 kn; 241 km/h) with flaps down
- Wing loading:
21.65 lb/sq ft (105.7 kg/m
2
)
See also
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Related development
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
Related lists
Operators
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-
United Kingdom
-
United States
References
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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
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