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Silent Wings offers a variety of outreach programs and provides speakers who can tailor a program to fit a group's meeting. The Adams Research Library is located within the Silent Wings Museum. It is home to an extensive archive and book collection about the World War II military glider program. Research appointments can be scheduled.
42-53078 – TG-4A on static display at the Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover Air Force Base near Dover, Delaware. [8] 42-437357 – TG-4A on static display at the National Soaring Museum in Elmira, New York. [9] TG-4 at the Silent Wings Museum. 42-530727 – TG-4A on static display at the Silent Wings Museum in Lubbock, Texas. [10]
The Assault Glider Trust; Silent Wings Museum; U.S. Army Airborne and Special Operations Museum, World War II CG-4A Glider Exhibit, Fort Bragg NC; Detailed photos of the CG-4A in the National Soaring Museum; More detailed photos of the CG-4A in the National Soaring Museum, including manual pages; National WWII Glider Pilots Association, Inc.
The original terminal now houses the Silent Wings Museum dedicated to World War II glider pilots. Major renovations to the terminal building began in 2019, featuring an expanded TSA screening area, refreshed check-in counters, gates, waiting areas, restrooms, concessions, rental-car desks and more. [ 6 ]
Lubbock is also home to the Silent Wings Museum. Located on North I-27, Silent Wings features photographs and artifacts from World War II-era glider pilots. The Science Spectrum is an interactive museum and 58-foot, domed-screen "omni theatre [78]" with a special focus on children and youth.
On September 11, 1943, at March Air Field in California, Richard du Pont was killed when the experimental XCG-16 glider in which he was a passenger crashed during a demonstration flight. After bailing out of the aircraft his parachute failed. His brother, Major Alexis Felix du Pont, Jr., was appointed to succeed him as head of the glider ...
Wing, who sought to preserve the history and culture of Hanford for more than four decades, died on Sunday, March 21 at the age of 93. "She wanted to live with purpose and intention and something ...
Furthermore, the glider, once released at some distance from the actual target, was effectively silent and difficult for the enemy to identify. Larger gliders were developed to land heavy equipment like anti-tank guns, anti-aircraft guns, small vehicles, such as jeeps, and also light tanks (e.g., the Tetrarch tank). This heavier equipment made ...