General Delivery – From Gliders to the Guinea Short Lines

The original L-5s, the B/C models, were mostly observation airplanes with the rear of the fuselage cut down with Plexiglas all around. The E/G models, as pictured here, had a full-length door down the left side to load litters. The Gs were optimized for short-field work, and their ailerons could be cranked down like flaps. (Photo courtesy of Bill Crump)

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“I didn’t take the traditional, well-thought-out route during my pilot training days in WW II like most of the cadets. At the time I guess I was considered a nonconformist by some of the military brass. In fact, I had my wings clipped, changed and rearranged several times throughout my military career. As I look back on it now, even though I wasn’t an ace or led a 1,000 plane bomber raid, I did have...

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