AGA Aviation LRG explained

The AGA Aviation LRG was a proposed amphibious transport glider design for the US Navy during World War II.

Development

The LRG was a design for a twin-hull amphibious glider capable of carrying 24 troops (12 in each hull). Length was to be 108feet, span was to be 57abbr=offNaNabbr=off, and maximum speed was estimated at 200mph. Two prototypes along with a static test airframe were ordered on 23 December 1941, and a 40% scale model glider with a civil registration was built to validate the aerodynamic behavior of the LRG. However, development of the LRG and production as the Naval Air Factory LR2N was cancelled in 1943 without either the prototypes or static test airframe ever being built.[1]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Heyman . Jos . UNITED STATES MILITARY AIRCRAFT : NAVY : G = AGA Aviation (1942) . usmilitaryaircraft . 27 January 2019.