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The Hindustan Aircraft G-1 was a
Second World War Indian
transport glider, the first design of
Hindustan Aircraft Limited
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is an Indian state-owned aerospace and defence company, headquartered in Bangalore, India. Established on 23 December 1940, HAL is one of the oldest and largest aerospace and defence manufacturers in the worl ...
, only one glider was built.
Design and development
The G-1 was designed in 1941 and 1942 and was a ten-seat semi-
monocoque wooden glider.
The
fuselage was covered with 2-ply molded
plywood
Plywood is a material manufactured from thin layers or "plies" of wood veneer that are glued together with adjacent layers having their wood grain rotated up to 90 degrees to one another. It is an engineered wood from the family of manufactured ...
with the
rudder and
elevators fabric covered. The single-spar cantilever wing had
spoilers on the upper surface.
The cockpit had dual controls for a pilot and co-pilot in
tandem and the enclosure had framed transparent plastic panels for increased visibility, the cockpit enclosure could be removed to allow access and was jettisonable in an emergency.
The rear fuselage had room for eight passengers with a large door on the right-hand side, the plastic windows in the fuselage had gun ports to allow the troops to fire rifles during the flight.
One prototype was built with parts produced for a further ten gliders, only the prototype flew and the other ten were not assembled.
Specifications
See also
References
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1940s military gliders
Aircraft first flown in 1942
High-wing aircraft