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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jos Heyman" data-source="post: 38887" data-attributes="member: 424">Actually, I believe it could be either the Allied XLRA-1 design or the Bristol XLRQ-1 designs. Both of them were design against the same specification and both of them look like picture presented by hesham except that the picture shows round windows whilst the Allied and Bristol aircraft show square windows.They were designed as a 12 seat flying boat transport glider intended to be used by the US Marine Corps for ‘island hopping’ in the Pacific. Two aircraft were built by Allied as XLRA-1 and the serials were 11647/11648. The first flight took place in 1943. Production of 100 production versions as LRA 1 and with serials 31403/31502 was cancelled as the proposed use proved not practical.Four Bristol XLRQ-1s were ordered of which only the first two were completed with serials 11651/11652. The other two aircraft were cancelled and were to have serials 11653/11654. The first flight was in January 1943. Although ultimate production was estimated at 12,000 only 100 production LRQ-1s were ordered with serials 33715/33814 but these were eventually cancelled. A pic of the XLRQ-1 is enclosed.Allied also proposed the LR2A which was a development of the LRA design with a conventional undercarriage which could be dropped after take off. Two aircraft were ordered as XLR2A-1 with serials 31503 and 31504. It is believed they were not completed and were cancelled.</blockquote>