Aero Industries TG-31

TG-31
Role	Training glider
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Aero Industries Technical Institute
Primary user	United States Army Air Force
Number built	1

The Aero Industries TG-31 was a 1940s American military training glider, designed and built by students at the Aero Industries Technical Institute as the Aero Industries G-2 and impressed into military service as the Aero Industries TG-31 on 29 June 1942.

Design and development

The Aero Industries TG-31 design was a high-wing sailplane design of wood-steel-fabric construction, with a single wheel aft of the nose skid. One G-2 sailplane (civil registration NC19965) was impressed into USAAF service on June 29, 1942 and allocated the designation TG-31 and the serial number 42-57171.^[1]

Operators

United States

United States Army Air Forces

Specifications

Data from ^[2]

General characteristics

Crew: 1
Length: 20 ft (6.1 m)
Wingspan: 48 ft (15 m)
Height: 5 ft (1.5 m)
Wing area: 230 sq ft (21 m²)
Max takeoff weight: 450 lb (204 kg)

Performancedive or glide speed

References

^ Heyman, Jos. "UNITED STATES MILITARY AIRCRAFT : TG = Training Glider (1941-1947)" (PDF). usmilitaryaircraft.files.wordpress.com. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
^ "Three Views : Model Designation" (PDF). Designation-systems.net. Retrieved 10 January 2019.

Bibliography

Andrade, John (1979). U.S.Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Midland Counties Publications. ISBN 0-904597-22-9.

[Heyman-1] Heyman, Jos. "UNITED STATES MILITARY AIRCRAFT : TG = Training Glider (1941-1947)" (PDF). usmilitaryaircraft.files.wordpress.com. Retrieved 10 January 2019.

[designation-2] "Three Views : Model Designation" (PDF). Designation-systems.net. Retrieved 10 January 2019.

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