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Bowlus XCG-8

Description
  Manufacturer:Bowlus
  Base model:CG-8
  Designation:XCG-8
  Designation System:U.S. Air Force
  Designation Period:1941-1947
  Basic role:Transport Glider
  Status:Experimental

Specifications
Not Yet Available

Known serial numbers
41-29622


 

Recent comments by our visitors
 Raul Blacksten
 Downey, CA
The XCG-8 was a slightly larger version of the XCG-7. Designed by Hawley Bowlus, the glider was engineered and built by Douglas Aircraft at their El Segundo, California, plant. Like the XCG-7 before it, the XCG-8 failed stress testing, only not as spectacularly.
04/21/2007 @ 21:26 [ref: 16262]