Kevin Horton wrote:

Sure doesn't look like a powered glider to me.

If you are looking for a large capacity powered glider, the ME-323 is the
closest I can think of - accommodation for 120 passengers. But it would
never have shut down the engines and glided, so it doesn't really fit the
current understanding of those terms.

http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/me323.html
http://www.flight-history.com/plane_stats/acModelView.php?makeId=40&makeName=Messerschmitt&m odelId=402

Thats the one I was thinking of, couldn't remember its name though.
Thanks... Before they put the engines on it, they used 3 twin engined
planes to tow that whale into the sky...

Even had rocket assisted takeoff modes:
http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/me321.html

The tow plane:
http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/me321.html