WACO CG - 4A Military glider

[cowpatz]

I never new they launched them this way......some acceleration!

WACO CG - 4A

[Ian Warren]

Yes indeed .. be one hell of a ride..... be a YEEEEEEEEHA carrier launch!

[Charl]

Wartime 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

[Ian Warren]

It 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.

[SUBS17]

That's a new one, cool video.