GLIDERS IMPORTED TO OR BUILT UNDER LICENCE IN HUNGARY
1929-1945
| Type designation: |
G-9 |
| Name: |
G-9 |
| Designer: |
Vladimir Gribovski |
| Class: |
Trainer |
| Wing span: |
12.10 m |
| Crew: |
1 |
| First flight in Hungary: |
1943 |
| Number of built: |
- |
| Number of imported: |
5 |
Short historical background:
Hungary had entered the war and in 1943 during the eastern campaign the Hungarian troops took hold of seven Russian gliders and transported them back to Hungary. Five of them were G-9 training gliders and they were ditributed among glider clubs. More gliders survived the war and were in use till the early 1950s.
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