I remember reading something about a troop glider pilot who used to do loops in them.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Hart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 7:29 AM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Thermalling a P-3 Orion > Anthony Smith wrote: >> More likely that the heat from the exhausts will increase >> the thermal strength. >> >> Note that a moderately loaded P-3 will be trying to thermal >> at 160 kts or so and a turn radius of approx 490 m (about 10 >> times the turn radius of the Boomerang that Cath was >> presumably flying). >> > A couple of years back, I had an email conversation with an ex Horsa > glider pilot (involved in the Horsa reconstruction project). Having > acquired a set of the Horsa Pilot's notes, I felt that perhaps it would > have been possible to thermal one. So I asked if it had ever been done - > and apparently someone did successfully thermal a Horsa (in the UK no > less). Unfortunately, more details of this were not available. > > My mind immediately imagined the TIF possibilities - Horsa's each > carried some 25 fully armed airborne troops!!! All we would need is a > C47 (or Halifax or similar), a long enough runway... > > There's at least one C47 flying in Australia - mind you, I don't think > that they would want to use it for glider towing. After the war, > ex-glider towing C47's were refurbished and sold. During the > refurbishment, it was found that they had 'stretched' by up to 4 inches!!! > > -- > Robert Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] > +61 (0)438 385 533 http://www.hart.wattle.id.au > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
