Watch "The Longest Day." Pretty good fictional depiction of the problem with
gliders, plus, the Duke...
-Curt
From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
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Cc: Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 2, 2015 2:50 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing
Wow, this is the first I heard of gliders during WWII. I wonder what the
carrying capacity was of the largest glder?
On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 12:03 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> One of my uncles was a glider pilot in WWII in Europe. He barely survived
>> the crash landing, and it was over 40 years later before he would get in
>> another aircraft.
>>
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m0qJ2thQ7c
>
> 45 min about WWII gliders
>
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