WACO CG - 4A Military glider
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 8:38 am
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 8:38 amRe: WACO CG - 4A Military glider
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 8:45 amYes indeed .. be one hell of a ride..... be a YEEEEEEEEHA carrier launch!
Re: WACO CG - 4A Military glider
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 9:23 amWartime does produce some amazing innovations... watching through the clip you do notice the snatch launch was for recovering gliders from the forward landing zones.
Luckily for the "Giant C-47 transports" so tasked, there were not too many gliders that actually survived any landing!
Reminds me of some of the first attempts at airborne refuelling - see the end of this clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KS3j-zVKQ4
Luckily for the "Giant C-47 transports" so tasked, there were not too many gliders that actually survived any landing!
Reminds me of some of the first attempts at airborne refuelling - see the end of this clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KS3j-zVKQ4
Re: WACO CG - 4A Military glider
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 9:41 amIt is amazing how quickly balmy ideas turned into practical with thirty years .. another few year after your ripping along in a X-15 at Mach 6.33- 4,250 mph then a few again the SR-71 doing regular 2, 180 mph as a refuelled sustained .. a quick jump such a sort time.
Re: WACO CG - 4A Military glider
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2016 2:05 pmThat's a new one, cool video.