"Glider pick-up/recovery training film" Topic
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79thPA | 27 Jul 2022 10:39 a.m. PST |
I came across this US glider recovery film by accident. It is pretty interesting. It would make an interesting scenario or a cool objective marker. YouTube link
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Gear Pilot | 27 Jul 2022 12:31 p.m. PST |
That was interesting. Thanks for sharing. Seems like going from 0 to 105mph in an instant would be a bit of a shock. |
ColCampbell | 27 Jul 2022 1:32 p.m. PST |
Interesting. But one wonders if this technique was ever used with gliders in actual operations? Jim |
jsmcc91 | 27 Jul 2022 2:27 p.m. PST |
They did training for snatches in the Far East. I believe in Burma.The losses were so high, I think they scrapped the idea. |
Stryderg | 27 Jul 2022 2:51 p.m. PST |
This is a landing field. Are you sure? The engineering involved in this is really impressive. But I don't think I would want to be on either side of that pickup. |
79thPA | 28 Jul 2022 5:22 p.m. PST |
I think most gliders were destroyed or abandoned. It would be interesting to know about actual post D-Day glider recovery operations. |
deadhead | 30 Jul 2022 3:09 p.m. PST |
This was never used in Europe in action. Even if Gliders had survived landings enough to fly again without repairs, they were rapidly within Allied lines, or lost forever (eg Market Garden). Most were smashed up. In Burma this was more feasible, using prepared landing strips, but thank God for rotary VTOL aircraft just beginning to appear. Great film though. The acceleration would be "abrupt", but nothing like Tom Cruise taking off from a steam catapult aircraft carrier. |
Heedless Horseman | 31 Jul 2022 7:40 p.m. PST |
Off Topic… but look up the Colditz Glider if not known about. Nowadays, some won't. Amazing! |
Schardenzar | 02 Aug 2022 3:15 a.m. PST |
European theatre use apparently. The video shows two examples of this system in use. One failure and one success. YouTube link "Glider Pickup at Eindhoven" Jeff |
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