Atlantic Tow??

On Thu, 6 Oct 2005 15:14:32 UTC, "Ed Byars"
wrote:

In the latest Fall edition of TO FLY, publication of the Sport Avia.
Assoc., I read a reprint of a July 1944 issue of SKYWAYS mag. about a long
tow! Across the Atlantic no less. I just can't believe it. Can somebody
help me verify it? No date of the flight was given. It was a Waco CG-4A
(named Voo-Doo) and was by the British from Montreal with one stop on the
"east coast"(?). The second leg was 28 hours with landing in "Britain".

See "The Powerless Ones: Gliding in Peace and War" by Michael Cumming,
pp77 - 99. Route was Dorval - Goose Green - Bluie West One in
Greenland - Reykjavik - Prestwick, so four hops, not two. Total of
3,200 miles. Tow plane was a Dakota.

Ian

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