Chase Aircraft Company was started in 1943 in New York City to build gliders for the US Army Air Force. The City of New York Terminology A "glider" is an unpowered Aircraft. The most common types of glider are today used for sporting purposes The United States Army Air Forces ( USAAF) was the military aviation arm of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II. After World War II, the company moved to West Trenton, New Jersey and designed the CG-18 and CG-20 cargo gliders. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Air Force had these rebuilt with piston engines and redesignated, respectively, C-122 and C-123. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Chase left the aircraft business in the early 1950's and Fairchild Aircraft assumed production of the C-123. Fairchild was an aircraft and aerospace manufacturing company based at various times in Farmingdale New York, Hagerstown Maryland and San Antonio Texas [1]