United States CG-4A, a cargo military glider being assembled by repair squadron of 81st Air Depot group in Brisbane, Australia. Men assemble CG-4A glider. Old type tie rods are being removed. Clevis pin from old type tie rods is being removed. Comparison of new tie rod clevis pins with old ones.
United States CG-4A,a cargo military glider being assembled by repair squadron of 81st Air Depot group in Brisbane, Australia. Men install two new tie rod cables on tail of the CG-4A glider. They tighten the horizontal tension bar. Completely assembled aircraft is seen. Brackets under the tail of an assembled glider are seen. Brackets are also seen on fuselage under the tail.
United States CG-4A, a cargo military glider and C-47 Skytrain take off in Brisbane, Australia in World War II. The two aircrafts fly overhead.
United States CG-4A,a cargo military glider in Brisbane, Australia. Old type vertical stabilizer brackets and new type brackets are seen. Old and new type clevis brackets are seen under the tail. CG-4A gliders parked on ground.
United States CG-4A, a cargo military glider takes off and lands after a short flight in Brisbane, Australia.
An early helicopter being tested at facility of the P-V Engineering Forum (later the Piasecki Co.) in Roxborough, Pennsylvania. Pilot attempting tethered flight in a one-place stripped prototype of the P-V2 helicopter Men stand by side of the helicopter as the pilot sits in the framework cockpit. They maintain hold on the landing gear of the helicopter as the pilot experiments with the controls and familiarizes himself with the helicopter's response. A long tethering rope snakes out along the ground near the helicopter. The pilot succeeds in hovering the craft a foot or two above the ground.
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