One of those rare aircraft is the Waco CG-4 troop glider. Early in World War II, the Germans had had success using gliders to land troops in combat zones, so the U.S. Army decided to develop a ...

But don’t go by glider!” About 1,100 gliders were made ... Years ago, an unrelated company that calls itself the WACO Aircraft Corp. started making a contemporary version of the WACO biplane ...

Today, we feature the marker at the WACO Aircraft Company (Weaver Aircraft ... The company also managed the U.S. Army’s glider program for 15 companies that produced gliders nationwide.

Villaume was one of more than 16 U.S. companies contracted to build gliders designed by the Waco Aircraft Company. At the height of the glider boom, Villaume employed 1,500 people—mostly women ...

There were tracers from enemy anti-aircraft guns and explosions off ... flying aboard a CG-4A Waco troop/cargo glider, survived the landing in a 200-foot hedgerow field near Normandy and the ...

That night, the sight of vast swarms of troop-carrying aircraft must have ... The first was the Waco CG-4A, a U.S designed and built assault glider which had first taken to the air during 1942 ...

The Waco CG-4A was used during World ... The lightweight glider was towed to altitude by a C-47 or similar aircraft, decoupling ahead of the drop zone and making a controlled landing on a clear ...

Those machines also saw action June 6, 1944, known as D-Day. The WACO CG-4A glider delivered cargo carrying the tools of war, but some parts of the plane were made at Gibson Guitar, one of the ...