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Description
| Manufacturer: | Cornelius |
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| Base model: | FG | ||
| Designation: | XFG-1 | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | ||
| Designation Period: | 1944-1947 | ||
| Basic role: | Fuel Glider | ||
| Status: | Experimental | ||
Specifications
| Length: | 27' 3" | 8.3 m | |
| Height: | 9' 10" | 3.0 m | |
| Wingspan: | 28' 9" | 8.7 m | |
| Gross Weight: | 2,938 lb | 1,332 kg | |
Propulsion
| Powerplant: | Pratt & Whitney R-1340C | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 425 | ||
Performance
| Max Speed: | 156 mph | 251 km/h | 135 kt |
| Ceiling: | 18,700 ft | 5,699 m | |
Known serial numbers
Recent comments by our visitors
| Charles L. Day , MI | Cornelius XFG-1 was built by Spartan Aircraft, OK. It was forward swept wing test bed. #059 crashed killing the Spartan pilot. The crash occurred near Clinton County Army Air Field, Wilmington, Ohio in March 1945. #060 and a scale model wiht spin chute did spin recovery tests after the crash of #059.
If the cited magazine article is the one I am thinking of it states the crash occurred in OK which is totally incorrect. 09/14/2007 @ 17:14 [ref: 17926] |
| g478 , MS | AIR CLASSICS , QUARTERLY REVIEW MAGAZINE
SPRING 1977 VOLUME 4 NUMBER 1 PGS. 22,23 FLYING FUEL TANK NOTICE ; ARTICLE HAS SN. 44 28060 PHOTOGRAPH HAS SN. 42 28060 HOPE THIS HELPS........... PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE REGULAR OR E-MAIL THANK YOU .....................JC 03/06/2005 @ 12:01 [ref: 9628] 05/03/2007 @ 01:19 [ref: 16381] |
| Morgan M. Blair Lomita, CA | Several years ago I sent you a comment on the USAF XFG-1 Cornelius Forward Swept Wing Fuel Tank Glider, but never recieved any comments or response. Since I know that to be correct information as I was at the Wright Field Aircraft Lab at the time, I wonder if that information has been disregarded as incorrect, or what?
Morgan (Mac) Blair 12/11/2005 @ 21:04 [ref: 11952] |
| JOSEPH CHISTOLINI SPRINGFIELD, MA | AIR CLASSICS , QUARTERLY REVIEW MAGAZINE
SPRING 1977 VOLUME 4 NUMBER 1 PGS. 22,23 FLYING FUEL TANK NOTICE ; ARTICLE HAS SN. 44 28060 PHOTOGRAPH HAS SN. 42 28060 HOPE THIS HELPS........... PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE REGULAR OR E-MAIL THANK YOU .....................JC 03/06/2005 @ 12:01 [ref: 9628] |
| Bogdan ATAMAN Warsaw, OTH | The Eberhardt XFG-1 Comanche ( BuNo A 7944 ) fighter of 1927 was tested on wheels first, and then on a single float with 32'0" wings designated as XF2G-1 Comanche with the same BuNo.
Greetings from Poland Bogdan 04/25/2004 @ 11:34 [ref: 7292] |
| Morgan \"Mac\" Blair Lomita, CA | Your picture and specification of the Cornelius "Glider- Fuel Tanker" is incorrect. You picture a fighter ( either a Boeiong or Curtiss Biplane). George Cornelius tanker/glider was a unique machine. You might best describe it as a large streamlined fuel-tank with FORWARD SWEPT WINGS. It was built and flown succesfully at Wright Field back in the days of WW II.
I used a picture of it in our much more recent North American/Rockwell Forward Swept Wing proposal that Grumman won and built. But I'm sure that pictures can be found from Wright Field, Aircraft Lab Files. If not, mine might still be located thru my files at the Santa Maria Museum of Flight, 3015 Airpark Dr., Santa Maria, CA 93455-1821 Phone (805) 922-8758/ FAX (805) 922-8958 (where the Annual MUSTANG Warbirds Round-up used to occur every year. 06/25/2001 @ 15:09 [ref: 2521] |
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