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| type=[[Military glider|Transport glider]]
| national origin=India
| manufacturer=[[Hindustan Aircraft Limited]]
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| first flight=1942
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The '''Hindustan Aircraft G-1''' was a [[Second World War]] [[India]]n [[Military glider|transport glider]], the first design of [[Hindustan Aircraft Limited]], only one glider was built.<ref name="mrazek" />

==Design and development==
The G-1 was designed in 1941 and 1942 and was a ten-seat semi-[[monocoque]] wooden glider.<ref name="mrazek" /> The [[fuselage]] was covered with 2-ply molded [[plywood]] with the [[rudder]] and [[Elevator (aircraft)|elevators]] [[Aircraft fabric covering|fabric covered]]. The single-spar cantilever wing had [[Spoiler (aeronautics)|spoilers]] on the upper surface.<ref name="mrazek" /> The cockpit had dual controls for a pilot and co-pilot in [[tandem]] and the enclosure had framed transparent plastic panels for increased visibility, the cockpit enclosure could be removed to allow access and was jettisonable in an emergency.<ref name="mrazek" /> The rear fuselage had room for eight passengers with a large door on the right-hand side, the plastic windows in the fuselage had gun ports to allow the troops to fire rifles during the flight.<ref name="mrazek" /> One prototype was built with parts produced for a further ten gliders, only the prototype flew and the other ten were not assembled.<ref name="mrazek" />

==Specifications ==
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==See also==
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|see also=
*[[Military gliders]]
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==References==

===Note===
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<ref name="mrazek">Mrazek 2011, pp. 445-446</ref>
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===Bibliography===
*{{cite book|first=James E.|last=Mrazek|title=Airborne Combat - The Glider War/Fighting Gliders of WII|publisher=Stackpole Books|year=2011|location=Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, United States|isbn=978-0-8117-0808-1}}

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[[Category:Indian military aircraft]]
[[Category:HAL aircraft|G2]]
[[Category:1940s military gliders]]
[[Category:Aircraft first flown in 1942]]
[[Category:High-wing aircraft]]

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