30th October 2005.

LR US ARMY WACO Glider.

This model was made using the Fleet Defender An2 3dz, and represents a WACO glider as used during D-Day. 

The CG-4A was the most widely used U.S. troop/cargo glider of WW II. Flight testing began in 1942 and eventually more than 12,000 CG-4As were procured. Fifteen companies manufactured CG-4As, with 1,074 built by the Waco Aircraft Company of Troy, Ohio. 

The CG-4A was constructed of fabric-covered wood and metal and was crewed by a pilot and copilot. It could carry 13 troops and their equipment or either a jeep, a quarter-ton truck, or a 75mm howitzer loaded through the upward-hinged nose section. C-46s and C-47s usually were used as tow aircraft. 

CG-4As went into operation in July 1943 during the Allied invasion of Sicily. They participated in the D-Day assault on France on June 6, 1944, and in other important airborne operations in Europe and in the China-Burma-India Theater. Until late in the war, gliders were generally considered expendable in combat and were abandoned or destroyed after landing. 

SPECIFICATIONS 
Span: 83 ft. 8 in. 
Length: 48 ft. 4 in. 
Height: 12 ft. 7 in. 
Weight: 7,500 lbs. loaded 
Armament: None 
Engine: None 
Cost: $24,000

PERFORMANCE 
Maximum towed speed: 150 mph. 

There are two models in this zip. one is as a ground object Tmod36 slot, and the other in the P51b slot. 
The idea was to make the WACO as a addon to the DC3, but time limits me as to how much I can do with this project.
So, rather than having it sitting on the HD, I'm posting it as is, in the hope someone will add this model to the DC3 as a proper glider on tow. 

All 3dz work and skin by Col. Gibbon.

Over and out.

Col Gibbon.