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25 photos tagged unpoweredflight, from 4 members of Flickr Commons.

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• glider
• aviation
• aircraft
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• bowlusglider
• sailplane
• nc519k
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• cn19
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• experimentalflight
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• nationalresearchcouncil
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• nationalresearchlaboratories
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• nrltaillessglider

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• SDASM Archives 19 photos
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• The Library of Congress 2 photos
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Curtiss glider, 9/11/22 (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• TVL1970 said:

  Glider used by Glenn Curtiss to test stepped hull configurations for flying boats. The "step" (a stepped notch at the rear of a flying boat's hull) enabled flying boats to lessen contact and drag with the water at speed, enabling them to more efficiently and quickly take-off. The design has long since been adapted to aircraft floats and boat hulls. Here is newsreel footage of Curtiss testing the above-photographed glider as it is towed at speed by a speedboat at Port Washington, Long Island. YouTube - Bomberguy: "Glen Curtiss - Father of Flying Boats"

Waco CG-13A 43-28245

from SDASM Archives

• Tony Lowe said:

  My dad flew these, as well as the CG-4.

• A30yoyo said:

  They built about 130 of these but they were little used in combat AFAIK...the stalling speed is recorded at 79mph (19 mph above spec!) which is scarily high for a glider... by comparison the engineless glider version of the C-47 (XCG-17) is supposed to have had a stalling speed of 35mph . A CG-13 was displayed in the big Eiffel Tower USAAF Exhibition of August 1945 pei.parisiennedephotographie.fr/SSPI/volumes/PEIF5/b69d67...

Curtiss glider, 9/11/22 (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• TVL1970 said:

  Glenn Curtiss's flying boat glider at Port Washington, Long Island. See more here: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/50172836033/

AL_2_Rowell_00281 (113)

from SDASM Archives

• Stig Jarlevik said:

  Rowell glider, their own built model I assume. Stig