Hawkeye60 Posted December 19, 2016 Posted December 19, 2016 I did not know to much about this aircraft until I found this info at a WW II site. This would be a very cool aircraft to have, even as ai. There are lots of mission opportunities that come to mind. ------------------------------------------------------------ The Waco CG-4 Hadrian played a critical role in the war, landing thousands of allied soldier behind German ines with guns and equipment. Cheap to build and easy to fly (if not land), the CG-4 could carry a jeep or Howitzer into battle, along with the men to operate the machines. After D-Day, the gliders were simply abadnoned in the fields on which they had landed.| Another wave of support came many hours later in the form of thousands of soldiers arriving on scene in gliders, American-made Waco CG-4 Hadrians and the larger British-made Airspeed Horsa models. The gliders were forced to arrive in the pre-dawn hours, since the airborne troops, who would already be on the ground, could not afford to wait many hours before re-establishing the supply of equipment and troops they would need to fight German soldiers. The prospect of a night landing in a glider into occupied territory, into fields riddled with defensive features and rocky farm fence lines, terrified pilots and soldier occupants alike. After the battle some pilots reported not being able to see anything until their craft touched ground in a near-stall. Despite the anti-glider poles and ditches the Germans had created in larger fields across the area and the numerous and closely spaced hedgerows of the countryside, the glider invasion was a success, though, again, many of them failed to find their intended landing zones. Many gliders crashed, some with fatal results, including rough landings that dislodged heavy equipment that killed the gliders’ occupants. The Waco gliders could carry around 15 troops, including pilots, though many were used for transporting heavy equipment, including Howitzer cannons and Jeeps. The Horsa gliders were even larger, able to carry as many as 30 troops. The loss rate for the gliders is hard to calculate, in part because they were considered largely disposable — hundreds were simply left behind by advancing troops, and because a rough landing in which the glider was destroyed but the occupants survived uninjured was a successful landing. Anyone want to make one?:D I will make it fly! Hawkeye "Yeah, and though I work in the valley of Death, I will fear no Evil. For where there is one, there is always three. I preparest my aircraft to receive the Iron that will be delivered in the presence of my enemies. Thy ALCM and JDAM they comfort me. Power was given unto the aircrew to make peace upon the world by way of the sword. And when the call went out, Behold the "Sword of Stealth". And his name was Death. And Hell followed him. For the day of wrath has come and no mercy shall be given."
cthulhu68 Posted December 22, 2016 Posted December 22, 2016 Saw this on Wiki ... After World War II ended, most of the remaining CG-4As were declared surplus and almost all were sold. Many were bought for the wood in the large shipping boxes. Others were bought for conversion to towed camping homes with the wing and tail end cut off and being towed by the rear section and others sold for hunting cabins and lake side vacation cabins.
Buzzles Posted December 22, 2016 Posted December 22, 2016 It doesn't have an engine, there's not a lot you can do with it. Fancy trying Star Citizen? Click here!
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