__NOTOC__ The AGA Aviation LRG was a proposed amphibious transport glider design for the US Navy during

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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 , span was to be , and maximum speed was estimated at . 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.

Specification (AGA LRG / NAF LR2N)

Development

Specification (AGA LRG / NAF LR2N)

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