Thread: Glider pickup
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Old May 30th 04, 01:01 AM
Morgans
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Default Glider pickup

I was watching an old movie,"Objective, Burma!", circa 1945. At the end of
the movie, they picked up a glider, by hanging a rope on poles, then a C 47
went by with a hook, and snagged the rope, pulling the glider out, from a
dead stop, to flying. Was this a common maneuver?
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Jim in NC


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