In 1942, Rochester was chosen as the base for the military’s experimental glider training program. Two years later, those ...

Images of the glider in flight (here, a CG-4 prototype) don’t capture the human drama of a CG-4 mission, as the museum’s finished display does. NASM Neg. #2002-3809 WANTED: Waco CG-4 Troop Glider - ...

During World War II, WACO won the contract to design and produce engine-less gliders, which were used to transport troops behind enemy lines. “They served the war well, but they weren’t always the ...

A CG 4A Waco glider sits atop the Don F. Pratt Memorial Museum at Fort Campbell. Now a World War II relic, the glider was used to transport soldiers and cargo to military on the ground fighting in ...

The 70-year anniversary of the Allied invasion of mainland Europe at Normandy Beach in France that we celebrated this year is a special one, as it is a solemn recognition of the incalculable ...

One grey morning in October 1944 as the North Luffenham children made their way to the railway station, excitement mounted as we noticed a Waco (Hadrian) glider in the large field that lies opposite ...

A statue honoring a World War II glider pilot who participated in the D-Day invasion will be erected after the Niles Village Board gave approval to commission it at its Feb. 27 meeting. According to ...

The WACO Historical Society will host guest speakers Charles Davis, Lee Mendenhall and David Short of the Veteran’s Memorial Museum in Germantown on Wednesday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. at the WACO Air Museum, ...

A World War II glider that lay undiscovered in a field in Cumbria is now being restored at the Regimental Museum in Carlisle Castle. It is thought the Waco glider was used to carry Border Regiment ...