- Design and development
- Operators
- Specifications
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
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The Aero Industries TG-31 was a 1940s American military training glider, designed and built by students at the Aero Industries Technical Institute as the Aero Industries G-2 and impressed into military service as the Aero Industries TG-31 '42-57171' on 29 June 1942. Design and developmentThe Aero Industries TG-31 design was a high-wing sailplane design of wood-steel-fabric construction, with a single wheel aft of the nose skid. One G-2 sailplane (civil registration NC19965) was impressed into USAAF service on June 29, 1942 and allocated the designation TG-31.[1] Operators- {{USA}}
- United States Army Air Forces
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}}References1. ^{{cite web |last1=Heyman |first1=Jos |title=UNITED STATES MILITARY AIRCRAFT : TG = Training Glider (1941-1947) |url=https://usmilitaryaircraft.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/airf-tg.pdf |website=usmilitaryaircraft.files.wordpress.com |accessdate=10 January 2019}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.designation-systems.net/usmilav/original-docs/army1946-part3.pdf|format=PDF|title=Three Views : Model Designation|website=Designation-systems.net|accessdate=10 January 2019}}
Bibliography{{refbegin}}- {{cite book |last= Andrade |first= John |title= U.S.Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909|year=1979 |publisher=Midland Counties Publications|isbn= 0-904597-22-9}}
{{USAAF glider aircraft}} 2 : United States military trainer aircraft 1940–1949|Glider aircraft |