Kevin Brooks wrote:


Andreas, the thing appears to resemble the Taylorcraft XTG-5 training
glider, albeit with a tricycle undercarriage.


"appears to resemble" is exactly the problem here ;-) (see also my
other reply on this thread), because at a closer look, it differs in
all essential details. Most notably the tailplane and wing strut
arrangement, which would most likely remain essentially unmodified in
a landing gear modification.

See:
http://www.ww2gp.org/training.htm. The Navy/Marine Corps had a similar
aircraft (the LNR-1, also LNT-1), which is referenced at
http://www.aero-web.org/specs/taylorcr/xlnt-1.htm, but no picture was
available. Note that Taylorcraft did manufacture the LBT-1 GLOMB
(http://www.history.navy.mil/avh-1910/APP21.PDF). Forgive me if you already
knew all of this...


I did, but no problem at all - if the a/c isn't immediately
identified, it show at least that I was not completely blind :-).

Andreas