ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139995
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| Date: | Wednesday 14 March 1945 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Cornelius XFG-1-CR |
| Owner/operator: | Spartan Aircraft Co |
| Registration: | 44-28059 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 3 mi W of Wilmington, OH -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Clinton County AAF |
Designed by George Cornelius the XFG-1 was fuel transporting glider.
Intended to be expendable, it was a tailless flying wing with the wings swept forward.
It was designed to carry two fuel tanks capable of containing a total 677 US Gallons or 2,563 litres of aviation gasoline.
The XFG-1 could be towed at speeds of up to 250 miles per hour behind a transport plane or bomber and increase the range of the towing plane by transferring fuel in flight.
Once its fuel was transferred the unmanned XFG-1 would be released to crash.
A manned version would be used as a fuel transporter and would land on a skid undercarriage at the destination of the load.
On 14/3/45 the first prototype 44-28059 was towed into the air for spinning trials.
It failed to recover from one of the spins, killing the test pilot Alfred Reitherman (35).
Sources:
https://newspaperarchive.com/sitemap/freepdfpreview.aspx?img=113482930/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Nov-2011 02:37 | angels one five | Added |
| 25-Dec-2017 16:55 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-May-2021 08:40 | angels one five | Updated [Phase] |
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