what is it?
The Taylorcraft LBT was a glider designed and built by Taylorcraft during World War II, in response to a United States Navy requirement for a glide bomb. One of three prototype "Glomb" models ordered by the Navy, the LBT suffered from technical and performance difficulties, and was cancelled early in production, none of the aircraft seeing operational service.
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 82 years ago, in 1944.
- Top speed is 3.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 10.7 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1944-04
- number built
- 25
- role
- glide bomb
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Taylorcraft Aircraft
- engines
- —
- length
- 7.7 m
- wingspan
- 10.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,783 kg
- top speed
- 505 km/h
- cruise speed
- 386 km/h
- range
- —
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7690217, Wikipedia: Taylorcraft LBT (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.