American military gliders of WWII: development, training, experimentation, and tactics of all aircraft types
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-263) and index |
| Physical Description: | 271 pages zahlr. Ill. 24 x 31 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780764340512 |
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Preface...........................................................
7
Chapter
1
Gliders Go to War
8
The New Weapon
.................................................8
The U.S. Army Reacts
............................................10
Navy and Marines Vision
.........................................17
Chapter
2
Quick Evolution: Trainers
........................................20
Numbers Game
..................................................21
Polyglot
.........................................................21
Acquisition
......................................................22
Failed All-Wood Gambit
..........................................25
Troika
...........................................................27
Navy/Marine Trainers
............................................28
Chapter
3
The Training Muddle
32
What to Do?
.....................................................34
Repeated Escalation
.............................................35
Equipment Shortfall
..............................................37
Relative Efficiency
...............................................39
Pile-Up
..........................................................40
Even Keel
.......................................................42
Focus Shift
......................................................43
Navy/Marines Training
...........................................47
Chapter
4
Initial Army Cargo Gliders
50
Frankfort Sailplane XCG-1
&
XCG-2
.............................52
Waco
XCG-3
&
CG-3A
...........................................53
St. Louis Aircraft XCG-5
&
XCG-6
...............................56
Bowlus Sailplane XCG-7
&
XCG-8
................................57
Chapter
5
Prevalence: Waco CG-4 and CG-15
60
Development
....................................................61
Description
......................................................63
Production
.......................................................65
Improvements
...................................................72
Other Operators
.................................................79
Waco CG-4D, XCG-H,
XCG-lőA,
CG-ISA, &
G-15A
.............79
Chapter
6
Initial Amphibious Gliders
.......................................83
New Concepts
...................................................83
іг-Ріасе
Glider Contracts
........................................85
Bristol Aeronautical XLRQ-1
.....................................85
Allied Aviation XLRA-1
..........................................88
Elusive 24-Place Gliders
..........................................90
Production Plans
.................................................92
American Military
Gliders
of WWII: Development, Training, Experimentation, and Tactics of All Aircraft Types
Chapter
7
The American Way
94
Basics
...........................................................95
Mass Assaults
....................................................99
Snatch
..........................................................105
Recovery
.......................................................108
Pilots
...........................................................110
Chapter
8
Advanced Army Gliders
.........................................112
Impulse
........................................................113
G
&
A Aircraft XCG-9
..........................................114
Laister-Kauffman Aircraft XCG-IO, XCG-lOA,
YCG-lOA,
CG-10A,
&
G-10A
................................115
Snead
&
Company XCG-11
......................................120
Read-York XCG-12
.............................................121
Waco XCG-13, XCG-DA, YCG-13, YCG-13A, CG-13A,
&
G-13A.
. 122
General Airborne Transport MC-1, XCG-16,
&
XCG-16A
.........127
бО-Ріасе
Glider
.................................................133
Gyro-Glider
....................................................133
Chase Aircraft XCG-14
&
XCG-14A
.............................134
Airspeed AS.51 Horsa Mk. I
&
AS.58 Mk. II
......................138
War Wagons (Christopher XAG-1,
Timm XAG-2).................141
Chapter
9
Navy Gliders Scuttled
144
Exploring Alternatives
...........................................145
Falling to Pieces
.................................................146
Proving
.........................................................148
Decision Time
..................................................149
Just Won t Quit
.................................................151
Larger Still
.....................................................152
Naval Aircraft Factory XLRN-1
..................................152
Chapter
10
Combat Experience
.............................................156
Rough Start
.....................................................157
Main Events
....................................................161
Rounding Out
..................................................169
Chapter
11
Experimentation
................................................170
Improving the Breed
............................................171
Towing Service
..................................................172
Douglas Aircraft XCG-17
........................................176
Stopping on a Dime
.............................................177
Seeking Automation
.............................................179
Bellows Flaps
...................................................181
Prone Flying (MX-324, MX-334, CG-4A, XTG-33)
................182
Man-Proven (MX-543, Northrop JB-1)
...........................185
Wet Kite (Cornelius XFG-1)
.....................................186
Foreign Mounts
.................................................189
Chapter
12
Oxymoron
-
Powered Gliders
....................................190
Fliers (XPG-1, XPG-2, XPG-2A, XPG-2B,
XPG-2C, XPG-3,
&
XPG-3A)
................................192
Non-Fliers (XPG-4, XCG-10A, Others, Experiments)
.............196
Set Aside
.......................................................197
Chapter
13
Sacrificial Lambs
-
Bomb Gliders
198
Navy Progress
...................................................199
Going Mainstream
..............................................294
Air Forces Parallel
..............................................297
Fade Out
.......................................................211
Chapter
14
Postwar Momentum
.............................................212
Carrying On
....................................................213
Experiments Continue
...........................................215
Rigid Tow
......................................................217
Fighter-Glider Composites
......................................218
Charting a Course
...............................................219
New Gliders
....................................................221
Chase XCG-IS, XCG-ISA,
&
YG-18A
...........................223
Douglas XCG-19
................................................225
Chase XCG-20
&
XG-20
........................................226
Extinction
......................................................228
Chapter
15
Retrospective
...................................................230
In Sum
.........................................................231
Naval Post-Mortem
.............................................234
Legacy
.........................................................234
Acronyms
&
Abbreviations
......................................240
Appendix: Glider Summaries
....................................241
Endnotes 248
Bibliography
....................................................257
Index
...........................................................264
About the Author
272
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