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__NOTOC__ The St. Louis CG-5 was a 1940s American prototype military transport glider designed and built by the St. Louis Aircraft Corporation. ==Development== In 1941 the United States Army Air Force decided to use secondary sources to boost aircraft production and the St. 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. Louis examples, eight prototypes were ordered from different aircraft manufacturers. The model SL-5 eight seat glider was given the military designation CG-5〔Andrade 1979, p. 97〕 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 CG-3 for the eight/nine seat requirement, although only 100 were built. The fifteen-seat requirement was met by the Waco CG-4 of which more than 13,000 were built. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St Louis CG-5」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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