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The Frankfort Cinema was a sailplane manufactured in the United States in the 1930s and 1940s and which was used by the United States Army Air Corps as a

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under the designation TG-1. It was a high-wing, strut-braced design with a fully enclosed cabin. Originally designed as a single-seater, a two-seat version designated the Cinema II was produced soon afterwards, and this design was put forward when the Army issued a requirement for training gliders. At the same time, the company was awarded production contracts for transport gliders, the

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and

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. However, Frankfort lacked the resources to quickly produce large numbers of gliders, and only 43 TG-1s were delivered. The TG-1 designation was also applied to 10 civilian Cinemas that were impressed into Army service.

Variants

;Cinema: baseline design ;Cinema II: two-seat version ;TG-1: USAAF designation for Cinema II ;TG-23: USAAF designation for one impressed Cinema I (serial n/o ''42-57192'')https://usmilitaryaircraft.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/airf-tg.pdf

Aircraft on display

* US Southwest Soaring Museum *

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Specifications (Cinema II)

References

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NASM website
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