 | WW2 Gliders.| Aviation Discuss WW2 Gliders. in the World War II - Aviation forums; What with the Airspeed Horsa being a Glider, I was wondering how many other Gliders were used in the war, ... |
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08-14-2004, 12:49 PM
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| WW2 Gliders.
What with the Airspeed Horsa being a Glider, I was wondering how many other Gliders were used in the war, and were any of them effective?
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08-14-2004, 02:02 PM
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| Glider's were designed an employed by Great Britain, the US, and Germany. The monster Me-323 started life as a glider. The gliders were rather dangerous to use but in general they proved to be effective.
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08-14-2004, 03:24 PM
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Country:  | i love your siggy sagaris, and i think the horsa was the most widely used...................
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08-16-2004, 05:09 AM
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| Thanks. I didnt put the Sagaris on it, Pips done that for me, i only found the picture.
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08-16-2004, 01:12 PM
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Country: | yeah i read al that in the siggy thread..............
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08-16-2004, 04:25 PM
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| Ok. I just didnt want it to appear as though I was taking credit for something i didn't do.
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08-17-2004, 01:14 PM
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08-17-2004, 03:19 PM
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| Established. What plane was used as a tug for the Horsa's? From the pictures I've seen they look like Lancasters.
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08-18-2004, 01:09 PM
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Country: | lancasters were to busy bombing germany to tow gliders, halibags, stirlings and C-47s were used mainly.................
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08-18-2004, 03:17 PM
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| Ah ok, thanks.
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08-18-2004, 11:04 PM
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| Seeing as lanc doesn't like it, the real name is the Halifax, not Halibag...
Something else, weren't British C-47's called 'Dakotas'? | |
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08-19-2004, 01:17 PM
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Seeing as lanc doesn't like it, the real name is the Halifax
| i do like the halifax, and there's nothing wrong with using nicnames, i call the swordfish the stringbag but that doesn't mean i don't like it........................
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08-20-2004, 10:34 AM
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| I read somewhere that Horsa's were used in a mission somewhere in Scandinavia during the war, could anyone elaborate on that?
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08-20-2004, 04:24 PM
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08-21-2004, 05:55 AM
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Country: | he's been here a while now CC, get with the times.................
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