The CG-4A glider’s designed weight was 7,500 pounds. The maximum designed speed on tow or in free flight was 150 m.p.h. With the designed load, room required for a normal 3-point landing was 600 to 800 feet. Normal glide speed was approximately 75 to 85 m.p.h., and the normal rate of descent was approximately 400 feet per minute. The CG-4A glider could carry 13 soldiers plus the pilot and co-pilot, making a total of 15 personnel. Instead of troops, the glider could transport military supplies or equipment, such as a ¼-ton jeep, or a 37mm AT gun, or a 75mm Howitzer, or Anti Tank mines,or a photographic lab, or a weather station, or radar equipment, or a field kitchen, or a repair shop, or radio equipment, or six litters for evacuation of wounded personnel. A pilot and co-pilot operated the towline, trim tabs, spoiler, rudder, toe brake, lights, deceleration parachute and communication system. Instruments on the glider included an airspeed indicator, rate-of-climb indicator, bank & turn indicator, altimeter and compass. The entire nose of the CG-4A glider could be raised, facilitating loading and unloading. There were also doors on both sides of the fuselage.
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