TECHNICAL DETAILS

• Crew

pilot & co-pilot

• Dimensions

Wingspan : 83 feet
Length : 48 feet

• Performance

  Towing speed : 120 mph
  Stall speed : 44 mph
  The GC-4A could land in a stretch of only 200 yards

  
  
  Glider troops with cannons boarding CG-4A's during an exercise.
  

• Load

  Payload : 4060 pounds, more than the glider’s own empty weight
  Gross weight : 7500 pounds
  13 fully equipped troops
  jeep + 5 men
  75mm Howitzer + 3 men
  

• Construction

  Nose section : steel tubing, plywood, plexi-glass
  Fuselage : welded tubular steel covered with fabric, plywood flooring
  (honeycomb sandwich)
  Wings : wood, spruce main spars