During 1942 the U.S. Navy let contracts for the development of several amphibious transport gliders. Two of the contracts called for twelve¬-seaters manufactured primarily from non¬-strategic materials, these being the Allied XLRA 1 and the Bristol XLRQ 1.
The Bristol XLRQ 1 produced by the Bristol Aeronautical Company of New Haven, Conn., was a low wing cantilever monoplane. Its overall span and length were 72 ft (21.94 m) and 40 ft (12.2 m) respectively, and there were four prototypes (BuAer Nos. 11651 54), although it is not certain that all of these gliders were completed. A production order was placed for one hundred LRQ 1 gliders (BuAer Nos. 33715 814), but this was cancelled in 1943.
Wing span: 72 ft (21.94 m).
Length: 40 ft (12.2 m).
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