Waco CG-4 Glider Wooden Model Airplane

Item#: MGWCG4

MSRP Price: $299.95

Factory Direct Price: $199.95

Wing Span: 17.95"
Length: 10.32"

Manufacturer: WACO Aircraft Company

This Made to Oder Waco CG-4 Glider Wooden Model Airplane was handcrafted with absolute precision using the finest Philippine Mahogany and was sealed to last for generations. Working from our library of blueprints, reference materials and their exact photographs, Factory Direct Models master artisans recreated this Waco CG-4 Glider into an amazingly detailed display model airplane replica that you can display at your home, office, museum, tradeshow or any place you desire.

This Waco CG-4 Glider mahogany airplane models is a perfect gift for Aviation Enthusiasts, Pilot, Aviator or people who took part in developing this airplane.

Your model will be made exactly as shown in the photographs. If you would like to change this model in any other way, please visit Our Custom Model Gallery section of our website to commission a personalized model to be built.

Waco CG-4 Glider History:

The Waco CG-4 was the most widely used United States troop/cargo military glider of World War II. It was designated the CG-4A Haig by the United States Army Air Forces[1], and named Hadrian in British military service.

Designed by Weaver Aircraft Company of Ohio (commonly known by the acronym WACO, or Waco), CG-4 flight testing began in May 1942, and eventually more than 13,900 CG-4As were delivered. Sixteen companies were prime contractors for manufacturing CG-4A's. Wicks Aircraft Company of Kansas City, Missouri was a sub-contractor while Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation of Kansas City, Kansas and the WACO Company of Troy, Ohio were two of the 16 prime contractors.

The CG-4 was constructed of fabric-covered wood and metal and was crewed by a pilot and copilot. The factories ran 24-hour shifts to build the gliders. One night-shift worker in the Wicks Aircraft Company factory in Kansas City wrote,“ On one side of the huge bricked-in room is a fan running, on the other a cascade of water to keep the air from becoming too saturated with paint. The men man the paint sprayers covering the huge wings of the glider with the Khaki or Blue and finishing it off with that thrilling white star enclosed in a blue circle that is winging its way around the world for victory....

The wings are first covered with a canvas fabric stretched on like wall paper over plywood then every seam, hold, open place, closed place, and edge is taped down with the all adhesive dope that not only makes the wings air tight, but covers my hands, my slacks, my eyebrows, my hair, and my tools with a fast drying coat that peels off like nail polish or rubs off with a thinner that burns like H---".

The CG-4 could carry 13 troops and their equipment, or a quarter ton truck (Jeep), or a 75 mm howitzer, or a 1/4 ton trailer, loaded through the upward-hinged nose section. Also, a small bulldozer was loaded into some of these gliders. C-47s were usually used as tow aircraft. A few C-46 tugs were used for the Wesel mission.

The USAAF CG-4A tow line was 11/16 inch diameter nylon, 350 ft (107 m) long. The CG-4A pickup line was 15/16 inch- (24 mm)-diameter nylon, but only 225 ft (69 m) long including the doubled loop.