The Pratt-Read was built for the Navy by the Pratt-Read piano company (their
first and only glider).

The TG-2 was built by Schweizer and is a different aircraft.

I did my initial training in a Pratt-Read (30 years ago). Great fun.

Ian Spence, WW

Stewart Kissel wrote:

The Pratt-Read is an ex-Navy glider IIRC.


At 04:00 18 March 2005, wrote:

I did not know the Navy had a glider program.

The paint scheme looks identicle to the Army gliders
used at Twentynine
Palms.