wonwinglo

This Airspeed Horsa glider amongst hundreds more of its type is ready for the axe,the fuselage will part company with the wings and sold off to local farmers who use them for useful animal pens and storage,the rest will just be burnt on site,its job is over having carried hundreds of troops and salvaged time and again,the paintwork is weathered having stood outside for months but its days are over.

Footnote: Many years ago a workmate told me about some remains of an aircraft on his dads farm,he invited me over to see them and when I got there sure enough were portions of Horsa fuselages used as chicken runs ! I gathered together three bags of metal fittings and other parts such as air bottles etc,years later these same parts went into making up a Horsa for preservation,that Horsa glider now rests in a museum dedicated to the Glider pilots regiment.

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George

If I remember correctly Frog did a long time ago a Hamilcar glider

wonwinglo

Yes George that one is on my list to build,I have built the Waco and Hotspur training glider also.The Frog kit must be very rare but I have the necessary plans so no problem.

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'And there I was oil on my goggles from a broken pipe,then I looked at the altimeter,all I could see was the makers name !'
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