Laister-Kauffman TG-4 – 照片和视频

这 莱斯特-考夫曼TG-4 （由其设计师指定为LK-10 Yankee Doodle 2）是第二次世界大战期间在美国生产的滑翔机，用于训练货物滑翔机飞行员。这是一种传统的滑翔机设计，机身由钢管结构和木制机翼和尾翼组成，上面到处都是织物。飞行员和教官一起坐在长长的顶篷下。

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The Laister-Kauffman TG-4 was a two-seat training glider used by the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. It was designed by John K. Laister and Lee Kauffman and manufactured by the Laister-Kauffman Aircraft Company in St. Louis, Missouri. The TG-4 was based on the civilian LK-10 Yankee Doodle glider, which had won several soaring competitions in the late 1930s and early 1940s. The TG-4 had a high-wing configuration with a fabric-covered steel-tube fuselage and wooden wings. It had a fixed landing gear with a nose skid and a tail wheel. The TG-4 could be launched by a tow plane or a winch. The TG-4 was used to train pilots for glider operations, such as towing, landing, and cross-country flying. The TG-4 also served as a liaison and observation aircraft in some units. The TG-4 was one of the most widely used training gliders in the USAAF, with over 1,000 units produced. Some of them were also used by the United States Navy and the Royal Canadian Air Force. The TG-4 was retired from service after the war and many of them were sold to civilian owners. Some of them are still flying today as historical aircraft.