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Folks,

I thought some members might find this of interest. It was offered to the US Army in the mid 1930s.

Jack E. Hammond












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The Russians revived the concept in the 1940s, and glide tested a vehicle in 1942. Lack of sufficiently powerful tow aircraft killed the project.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_A-40 for more on the Russian A-40 project.
 
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