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    • Source: St. Louis CG-5

      • The St. 5.180.24.3/info/louis" target="_blank">Louis 5.180.24.3/info/cg" target="_blank">CG-5 was a 1940s American prototype military transport glider designed and built by the St. 5.180.24.3/info/louis" target="_blank">Louis Aircraft Corporation.


      Development


      In 1941 the United States Army Air Force decided to use secondary sources to boost aircraft production and the St. 5.180.24.3/info/louis" target="_blank">Louis Aircraft Corporation was contracted to design and build a prototype of both an eight-seat and fifteen-seat troop carrying glider. In total with the St. 5.180.24.3/info/louis" target="_blank">Louis examples, eight prototypes were ordered from different aircraft manufacturers.
      The model SL-5 eight seat glider was given the military designation 5.180.24.3/info/cg" target="_blank">CG-5 and the prototype designated XCG-5. Howard C. Blosom test flew the XCG-5 from Lambert Field in 1942. It proved to have serious aerodynamic flaws and structural problems causing Dutch Roll at speed. The heavier fifteen-seat glider (designated the XCG-6) was not built.
      The USAAF ordered the Waco 5.180.24.3/info/cg" target="_blank">CG-3 for the eight/nine seat requirement, although only 100 were built. The fifteen-seat requirement was met by the Waco 5.180.24.3/info/cg" target="_blank">CG-4 of which more than 13,000 were built.


      Specifications (5.180.24.3/info/cg" target="_blank">CG-5)


      Data from skywaysGeneral characteristics
      Crew: 2
      Capacity: 6
      Wingspan: 89 ft (27 m)
      Gross weight: 3,800 lb (1,724 kg)
      Performance

      Never exceed speed: 110 kn (130 mph, 200 km/h) (experienced Dutch roll at max speed)


      See also



      Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

      Frankfort XCG-1
      Waco 5.180.24.3/info/cg" target="_blank">CG-3
      Bowlus XCG-7

      Related lists

      List of World War II military gliders


      References




      = Notes

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      = Further reading

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      Andrade, John (1979). U.S.Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Midland Counties Publications. ISBN 0-904597-22-9.

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