page_title: Laister-Kauffman TG-4
section_title: Operators
hierarchical_section_title: Laister-Kauffman TG-4 / Operators
caption_attribution_description: English: A LK-10 sailplane in operational status located in Bauru, Brazil.
context_page_description: The Laister-Kauffmann TG-4 was a sailplane produced in the United States during the Second World War for training cargo glider pilots. It was a conventional sailplane design with a fuselage of steel tube construction and wooden wings and tail, covered all over with fabric. The pilot and instructor sat in tandem under a long canopy.
context_section_description: LK-10 Serial #48 registered as N53619 owned and flown by Doug Fronius of Poway, California, USA as of 2018. Based at Mountain Valley Airport in Tehachapi, California.
  LK-10 Serial #106 under prefix PT-PAZ operated by Aeroclube de Bauru in Brazil as of April 2013
   This glider crash on March 10, 2020.
caption: Laister-Kauffman TG-4 PT-PAZ in Bauru, Brazil
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