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__NOTOC__ The Briegleb BG-08 was a 1940s two-seat glider designed by William G. Briegleb.


Development

The BG-08 was a high-wing tandem two-seat glider with a steel-tube-and-fabric fuselage, wooden wings with fabric covering and a metal-and-fabric tail. The type certificate was approved on 31 December 1942.FAA Type Certificate GTC13
/ref> The glider was built by Briegleb's company, the Sailplane Corporation of America. Three gliders were impressed into service with the United States Army Air Forces in 1942.Andrade 1979, p. 170


Variants

;BG-08 :Company designation ;XTG-13 :United States Army Air Corps designation for one BG-8 which was impressed as training glider in 1942. ;TG-13 :United States Army Air Corps designation for two BG-8s which were impressed as training gliders in 1942.


Operators

; * United States Army Air Corps


See also

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* {{US glider aircraft 1940s United States sailplanes Glider aircraft BG-08