Douglas CG-19

The Douglas CG-19 was a late 1940s assault glider project of the Douglas Aircraft Company, designed to a United States Army Air Service requirement of 31 January 1946 for a light glider able to haul 8,000 lb of military equipment in a 24 ft long cargo space. Chase and Douglas won contracts for light glider prototypes, with the Chase design designated XCG-18 and the Douglas Model 1028 receiving the XCG-19 designation. Built of aluminum, it had a cargo compartment of 24.7 ft by 7.7 ft by 6.5 ft, loaded by swinging the rear fuselage sideways, and was planned to carry 30 troops with two pilots. A mockup was inspected in March 1947, but the US Air Force, facing tight budget constraints, cancelled it because the CG-18 was nearing completion.