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o, again typical of his acting style and the time. -Curt From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> To: Okie Benz <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com> Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2015 10:03 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing

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ng on kids and their weird music. It reads like it was written yesterday. -Curt From: Mitch Haley via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: Mitch Haley <mi...@mitchellhaley.com> Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2015 9:49 AM Subjec

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itch Haley via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Mitch Haley <mi...@mitchellhaley.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2015 9:49 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing > > > >> On September

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I would agree. From a purely historical standpoint, and as far as getting a really good overview of the scale of the operation, “The Longest Day” does a good job I think. “Saving Private Ryan” is good, to, but the realism is sort of jarring. That’s not a bad thing, just an observation. Dan

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Wait! WAIT! Are you dissing The Duke? What are you, some kinda g.d. commie pinko red? Come on, boy, speak up! IMA TAWKIN TA YOU DO YOU HATE ELVIS TOO What is this world coming to --R On 9/3/15 10:17 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: From a cinematography standpoint

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> > -Curt > From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Cc: Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> > Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2015 10:40 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing > > Wait!

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lege (film school remember) after I'd make a trailer for "Shaving Ryan's Privates" -Curt From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> To: Okie Benz <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com> Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2015 10:22 AM Sub

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> On September 2, 2015 at 11:29 PM Scott Ritchey via Mercedes > wrote: > I am surprised that any American did not know about this effort but > I guess much has changed since I went to school. But maybe that explains > much. My memory is no longer fantastic, but the

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mber 3, 2015 10:40 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing Wait! WAIT!  Are you dissing The Duke?  What are you, some kinda g.d. commie pinko red?  Come on, boy, speak up!  IMA TAWKIN TA YOU  DO YOU HATE ELVIS TOO What is this world coming to --R On 9/3/15 10:17 AM,

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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

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The most widely-used US glider in WWII was the Waco CG-4 with 15 seats. The larger CG-10 could carry almost 11K lb of cargo (like two howitzers). These were basically one-time-use throw-away aircraft, a far cry from today's sail planes. I am surprised that any American did not know about this

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"I guess much has changed since I went to school. But maybe that explains much." Scott Ritchey I nominate that for the okiebenz hall of notable quotes. (or is that quotable notes?) ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

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il.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@ok

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There must have been a lot of gliders if all that's all they could carry. On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 3:29 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Watch "The Longest Day." Pretty good fictional depiction of the problem >> with gliders, plus, the Duke... >> -Curt >> > > > ooh!

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My uncle was killed in one in Belgium. Great soaring museum near big flats NY has one on display. Big wooden hulk. On Sep 2, 2015 2:50 PM, "Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes" < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Wow, this is the first I heard of gliders during WWII. I wonder what the > carrying

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Watch "The Longest Day." Pretty good fictional depiction of the problem with gliders, plus, the Duke... -Curt ooh! Good movie, but I like the Quiet Man and McClintock better. BTW: go see the new John Wayne Birthplace Visitors Center! Way cool! ___

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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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There was a show on PBS last night about the Battle of the Bulge, was pretty good. Showed some old movies of gliders landing and crashing in France, trying to drop in more men and supplies. Those things were pretty much matchsticks with some fabric around them. Saw one that landed OK then

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OK Don, (quoter of Sam Clemons and WIll Rogers) sez: 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. There is an audio recording of Lee Cline of WHO Radio interviewing a guy

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- From: OK Don via Mercedes Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2015 7:06 PM To: Mitch Haley ; Mercedes Discussion List Cc: OK Don Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing Good one. I'd read about the development of this procedure before, but hadn't seen a movie of it in action. It makes me think

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process. -Original Message- From: OK Don via Mercedes Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2015 7:06 PM To: Mitch Haley ; Mercedes Discussion List Cc: OK Don Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing Good one. I'd read about the development of this procedure before, but hadn't seen a movie

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Good one. I'd read about the development of this procedure before, but hadn't seen a movie of it in action. It makes me think that is we did this today, a glider club could launch sailplanes twice as fast as they do with the tow plane landing after each tow - they could just circle around,