Re: Do you think this was a bad idea?
Mon Mar 09, 2009 9:03 pm
Shay wrote:Sure has me raising an eyebrow. Looks really dangerous for the guys in the Dragon. I'm guessing they're not snatching the glider or are they?
Douglas B-23 aerial pick-up test over a CG-3A glider on April 28, 1943.
Shay
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I do not have a photo handy, but I know a Curtiss A-25 Shrike was used to tow a CG4A. In an attempt to sell the A-25 to the US Army a glider snag was made during a demo.
Tue Mar 10, 2009 9:06 am
Shay, the A-25 used was #41-1878x (last number not visible) per photo of it on apron. It was flown and tested as a tug at CCAAF.
Do you have proof it was also used for a snatch? To my knowledge it was used for towing tests, but did not have a winch installed and did not do a snatch.
One of the power pilots involved in those tests told me the man who was responsible for thinking the plane should be tested for glider towing should have been given a section 8 discharge.
Do you have proof it was also used for a snatch? To my knowledge it was used for towing tests, but did not have a winch installed and did not do a snatch.
One of the power pilots involved in those tests told me the man who was responsible for thinking the plane should be tested for glider towing should have been given a section 8 discharge.
Heck, that looks like a piece of cake.
Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:07 pm
We used to use a pick-up truck, 200' of rope and an axe to get our Schweizer 2-33's up at Castroville in the late 70's. The axe was for the poor schmuck who was riding in the bed of the pick-up to cut the rope to the glider in case she could not release.
Lot's o fun that day!!!
Lot's o fun that day!!!
Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:45 pm
Holedigger wrote:Well, they were training to do in with C-47s! They actually did this some for medical evac!
http://www.able506.com/440th/tcarticle_ ... dron.shtml
Next time Turner Classics has the Movie , OBJECTIVE BURMA, on, watch for the film of the glider snatch in it.
Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:27 am
Movies of snatch with C-47:
Shows single and double snatch of CG-4A.
Send checks to glider pilot,
Doug Wilmer,
2559 Highway 138 SW,
Conyers, GA 30094-3307.
Specify DVD or VHS #TR-35 @ $19.95 plus $3.00 shipping. This is from Army films and the profits support the video efforts of the National WW2 Glider Pilot Association. In addition there are 40 other selections available relating to glider activities during WWII.
Shows single and double snatch of CG-4A.
Send checks to glider pilot,
Doug Wilmer,
2559 Highway 138 SW,
Conyers, GA 30094-3307.
Specify DVD or VHS #TR-35 @ $19.95 plus $3.00 shipping. This is from Army films and the profits support the video efforts of the National WW2 Glider Pilot Association. In addition there are 40 other selections available relating to glider activities during WWII.
Wed Mar 11, 2009 1:00 pm
gliderman1 wrote:Shay, the A-25 used was #41-1878x (last number not visible) per photo of it on apron. It was flown and tested as a tug at CCAAF.
Do you have proof it was also used for a snatch? To my knowledge it was used for towing tests, but did not have a winch installed and did not do a snatch.
One of the power pilots involved in those tests told me the man who was responsible for thinking the plane should be tested for glider towing should have been given a section 8 discharge.
I posted Shay's photo. I do not have a copy handy, but as I said the picture was of an A-25 with a tow line and a CG4A on the ground waiting.