Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing
Wow. I have, and it was really painful to watch. Oy. Dan > On Sep 3, 2015, at 10:43 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > > Have you seen him playing Genghis > Khan?http://cdn.zmescience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/johnwayne-art.jpg > > > -Curt > From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Cc: Rich Thomas > Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2015 10:40 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing > > Wait! WAIT! Are you dissing The Duke? What are you, some kinda g.d. > commie pinko red? Come on, boy, speak up! IMA TAWKIN TA YOU DO > YOU HATE ELVIS TOO > > What is this world coming to > > --R > > > > > On 9/3/15 10:17 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: >> From a cinematography standpoint "The Longest Day" is typical of its >> vintage. Most of it was shot on a sound stage. "Saving Private Ryan" has a >> much more "real" look and of course the sound design is 20 years more >> advanced. >> The stuff with the Duke is pretty sappy too, again typical of his acting >> style and the time. >> -Curt > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing
Have you seen him playing Genghis Khan?http://cdn.zmescience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/johnwayne-art.jpg -Curt From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Rich Thomas Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2015 10:40 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing Wait! WAIT! Are you dissing The Duke? What are you, some kinda g.d. commie pinko red? Come on, boy, speak up! IMA TAWKIN TA YOU DO YOU HATE ELVIS TOO What is this world coming to --R On 9/3/15 10:17 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > From a cinematography standpoint "The Longest Day" is typical of its >vintage. Most of it was shot on a sound stage. "Saving Private Ryan" has a >much more "real" look and of course the sound design is 20 years more advanced. > The stuff with the Duke is pretty sappy too, again typical of his acting > style and the time. > -Curt ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing
Wait! WAIT! Are you dissing The Duke? What are you, some kinda g.d. commie pinko red? Come on, boy, speak up! IMA TAWKIN TA YOU DO YOU HATE ELVIS TOO What is this world coming to --R On 9/3/15 10:17 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: From a cinematography standpoint "The Longest Day" is typical of its vintage. Most of it was shot on a sound stage. "Saving Private Ryan" has a much more "real" look and of course the sound design is 20 years more advanced. The stuff with the Duke is pretty sappy too, again typical of his acting style and the time. -Curt ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing
Yup, "Saving Private Ryan" was the first in a new era of realism in film. Much of the camera work is hand held, the time compression was a very new concept, the colors are muted, sound is louder or softer than you'd expect based on the situation. I had to write a paper on it in college (film school remember) after I'd make a trailer for "Shaving Ryan's Privates" -Curt From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes To: Okie Benz Cc: Dan Penoff Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2015 10:22 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing I would agree. From a purely historical standpoint, and as far as getting a really good overview of the scale of the operation, “The Longest Day” does a good job I think. “Saving Private Ryan” is good, to, but the realism is sort of jarring. That’s not a bad thing, just an observation. Dan > On Sep 3, 2015, at 10:17 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > > From a cinematography standpoint "The Longest Day" is typical of its vintage. > Most of it was shot on a sound stage. "Saving Private Ryan" has a much more > "real" look and of course the sound design is 20 years more advanced. > The stuff with the Duke is pretty sappy too, again typical of his acting > style and the time. > -Curt > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing
From a cinematography standpoint "The Longest Day" is typical of its vintage. Most of it was shot on a sound stage. "Saving Private Ryan" has a much more "real" look and of course the sound design is 20 years more advanced. The stuff with the Duke is pretty sappy too, again typical of his acting style and the time. -Curt From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes To: Okie Benz Cc: Dan Penoff Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2015 10:03 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing As someone mentioned previously, if you ever watched “The Longest Day”, which is probably one of the best ever movies made about D-Day, you would have seen numerous references to gliders. If you haven’t see the movie I highly advise doing so. It’s well done and pretty historically accurate. I saw some of “Patton” the other day. I love that guy. Dan > On Sep 3, 2015, at 9:58 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > > Every new generation has to learn different things. If I'd learned the same > thing in school as Scott I'd have missed decades of advancement. Remember the > old people when you were a kid were also saying "kids these days!" > IIRC there was some famous greek that published something on kids and their > weird music. It reads like it was written yesterday. > -Curt > From: Mitch Haley via Mercedes > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Cc: Mitch Haley > Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2015 9:49 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing > > > >> On September 2, 2015 at 11:29 PM Scott Ritchey via Mercedes >> wrote: >> I am surprised that any American did not know about this effort but >> I guess much has changed since I went to school. But maybe that explains >> much. > > My memory is no longer fantastic, but the only military gliders I remember > from > my childhood > were the imaginary ones that an enlisted guy in M*A*S*H shot down, capturing > imaginary > prisoners and getting himself a nonimaginary mental health discharge in the > process. > > Mitch. > > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing
I would agree. From a purely historical standpoint, and as far as getting a really good overview of the scale of the operation, “The Longest Day” does a good job I think. “Saving Private Ryan” is good, to, but the realism is sort of jarring. That’s not a bad thing, just an observation. Dan > On Sep 3, 2015, at 10:17 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > > From a cinematography standpoint "The Longest Day" is typical of its vintage. > Most of it was shot on a sound stage. "Saving Private Ryan" has a much more > "real" look and of course the sound design is 20 years more advanced. > The stuff with the Duke is pretty sappy too, again typical of his acting > style and the time. > -Curt > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing
As someone mentioned previously, if you ever watched “The Longest Day”, which is probably one of the best ever movies made about D-Day, you would have seen numerous references to gliders. If you haven’t see the movie I highly advise doing so. It’s well done and pretty historically accurate. I saw some of “Patton” the other day. I love that guy. Dan > On Sep 3, 2015, at 9:58 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > > Every new generation has to learn different things. If I'd learned the same > thing in school as Scott I'd have missed decades of advancement. Remember the > old people when you were a kid were also saying "kids these days!" > IIRC there was some famous greek that published something on kids and their > weird music. It reads like it was written yesterday. > -Curt > From: Mitch Haley via Mercedes > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Cc: Mitch Haley > Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2015 9:49 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing > > > >> On September 2, 2015 at 11:29 PM Scott Ritchey via Mercedes >> wrote: >> I am surprised that any American did not know about this effort but >> I guess much has changed since I went to school. But maybe that explains >> much. > > My memory is no longer fantastic, but the only military gliders I remember > from > my childhood > were the imaginary ones that an enlisted guy in M*A*S*H shot down, capturing > imaginary > prisoners and getting himself a nonimaginary mental health discharge in the > process. > > Mitch. > > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing
Every new generation has to learn different things. If I'd learned the same thing in school as Scott I'd have missed decades of advancement. Remember the old people when you were a kid were also saying "kids these days!" IIRC there was some famous greek that published something on kids and their weird music. It reads like it was written yesterday. -Curt From: Mitch Haley via Mercedes To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Mitch Haley Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2015 9:49 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing > On September 2, 2015 at 11:29 PM Scott Ritchey via Mercedes > wrote: > I am surprised that any American did not know about this effort but > I guess much has changed since I went to school. But maybe that explains > much. My memory is no longer fantastic, but the only military gliders I remember from my childhood were the imaginary ones that an enlisted guy in M*A*S*H shot down, capturing imaginary prisoners and getting himself a nonimaginary mental health discharge in the process. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing
> On September 2, 2015 at 11:29 PM Scott Ritchey via Mercedes > wrote: > I am surprised that any American did not know about this effort but > I guess much has changed since I went to school. But maybe that explains > much. My memory is no longer fantastic, but the only military gliders I remember from my childhood were the imaginary ones that an enlisted guy in M*A*S*H shot down, capturing imaginary prisoners and getting himself a nonimaginary mental health discharge in the process. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing
"I guess much has changed since I went to school. But maybe that explains much." Scott Ritchey I nominate that for the okiebenz hall of notable quotes. (or is that quotable notes?) ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing
The most widely-used US glider in WWII was the Waco CG-4 with 15 seats. The larger CG-10 could carry almost 11K lb of cargo (like two howitzers). These were basically one-time-use throw-away aircraft, a far cry from today's sail planes. I am surprised that any American did not know about this effort but I guess much has changed since I went to school. But maybe that explains much. > Andrew Strasfogel said: Wow, this is the first I heard of gliders during WWII. I wonder what the > carrying capacity was of the largest glder? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing
My uncle was killed in one in Belgium. Great soaring museum near big flats NY has one on display. Big wooden hulk. On Sep 2, 2015 2:50 PM, "Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes" < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Wow, this is the first I heard of gliders during WWII. I wonder what the > carrying capacity was of the largest glder? > > On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 12:03 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > One of my uncles was a glider pilot in WWII in Europe. He barely survived > >> the crash landing, and it was over 40 years later before he would get in > >> another aircraft. > >> > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m0qJ2thQ7c > > > > 45 min about WWII gliders > > > > ___ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing
There must have been a lot of gliders if all that's all they could carry. On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 3:29 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Watch "The Longest Day." Pretty good fictional depiction of the problem >> with gliders, plus, the Duke... >> -Curt >> > > > ooh! Good movie, but I like the Quiet Man and McClintock better. BTW: go > see the new John Wayne Birthplace Visitors Center! Way cool! > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing
Watch "The Longest Day." Pretty good fictional depiction of the problem with gliders, plus, the Duke... -Curt ooh! Good movie, but I like the Quiet Man and McClintock better. BTW: go see the new John Wayne Birthplace Visitors Center! Way cool! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing
Watch "The Longest Day." Pretty good fictional depiction of the problem with gliders, plus, the Duke... -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Andrew Strasfogel Sent: Wednesday, September 2, 2015 2:50 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing Wow, this is the first I heard of gliders during WWII. I wonder what the carrying capacity was of the largest glder? On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 12:03 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > One of my uncles was a glider pilot in WWII in Europe. He barely survived >> the crash landing, and it was over 40 years later before he would get in >> another aircraft. >> > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m0qJ2thQ7c > > 45 min about WWII gliders > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing
Wow, this is the first I heard of gliders during WWII. I wonder what the carrying capacity was of the largest glder? On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 12:03 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > One of my uncles was a glider pilot in WWII in Europe. He barely survived >> the crash landing, and it was over 40 years later before he would get in >> another aircraft. >> > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m0qJ2thQ7c > > 45 min about WWII gliders > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing
One of my uncles was a glider pilot in WWII in Europe. He barely survived the crash landing, and it was over 40 years later before he would get in another aircraft. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m0qJ2thQ7c 45 min about WWII gliders ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing
There was a show on PBS last night about the Battle of the Bulge, was pretty good. Showed some old movies of gliders landing and crashing in France, trying to drop in more men and supplies. Those things were pretty much matchsticks with some fabric around them. Saw one that landed OK then hit something, a hedgerow or ditch and pitched over, smashing in the cockpit it looked like. No protection for the guys in the front seats fer sure. Another showed the Germans dropping large fuel tanks (looked like torpedoes or aircraft drop tanks) with parachutes on them to resupply the tanks that were out of fuel. A lot of them landed in the American areas, some hung on trees, did not work very well. They showed quite a few memorials in the area, some very large, to the (mostly) American soldiers who fought and died, or were captured and murdered by the SS. That aspect was very humbling as were the interviews with survivors of the campaign. They were some tough old guys, though I guess they didn't have much choice in the matter but to press on. --R On 8/30/15 1:32 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: OK Don, (quoter of Sam Clemons and WIll Rogers) sez: One of my uncles was a glider pilot in WWII in Europe. He barely survived the crash landing, and it was over 40 years later before he would get in another aircraft. There is an audio recording of Lee Cline of WHO Radio interviewing a guy name Sylvan in the 60s or 70s about his experience as a glider pilot. Sylvan worked for the stat Conservation Commission, and Lee asked him why he walked with a limp. Sylvan told about the glider experience and the difference between training and landing in france, with the hedgerows and rock walls. Sylvan's glider hit a hedge and rock wall, and he was on his way home on his first day in france. His gimpy leg was his souvenir of trying to land a glider in a postage stamp size field in france. I'll see if I can find the cd figure out a way to put the interview online. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfYSmGl8io8 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing
OK Don, (quoter of Sam Clemons and WIll Rogers) sez: One of my uncles was a glider pilot in WWII in Europe. He barely survived the crash landing, and it was over 40 years later before he would get in another aircraft. There is an audio recording of Lee Cline of WHO Radio interviewing a guy name Sylvan in the 60s or 70s about his experience as a glider pilot. Sylvan worked for the stat Conservation Commission, and Lee asked him why he walked with a limp. Sylvan told about the glider experience and the difference between training and landing in france, with the hedgerows and rock walls. Sylvan's glider hit a hedge and rock wall, and he was on his way home on his first day in france. His gimpy leg was his souvenir of trying to land a glider in a postage stamp size field in france. I'll see if I can find the cd figure out a way to put the interview online. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfYSmGl8io8 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing
One of my uncles was a glider pilot in WWII in Europe. He barely survived the crash landing, and it was over 40 years later before he would get in another aircraft. On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Robert Massmann via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Nice article. I would have sent it to him if he was still alive. > > My Dad was in a glider training program for WWII, luckily the program was > suspended before my Dad was shipped over. His training took place in Texas > I think. Program was stopped because of high casualty rates during the > landing process. > > -Original Message- From: OK Don via Mercedes > Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2015 7:06 PM > To: Mitch Haley ; Mercedes Discussion List > Cc: OK Don > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing > > Good one. I'd read about the development of this procedure before, but > hadn't seen a movie of it in action. > > It makes me think that is we did this today, a glider club could launch > sailplanes twice as fast as they do with the tow plane landing after each > tow - they could just circle around, constantly pulling gliders into the > air - too cool. My 182 used to have a glider tow hook, might have to find > another one . . . > > On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > For the military aviation buffs: >> >> >> >> http://warisboring.com/articles/the-snatch-method-was-one-crazy-way-to-make-a-glider-fly/ >> >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> > > -- > OK Don > > NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! > > *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of > our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > for themselves." > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing
Nice article. I would have sent it to him if he was still alive. My Dad was in a glider training program for WWII, luckily the program was suspended before my Dad was shipped over. His training took place in Texas I think. Program was stopped because of high casualty rates during the landing process. -Original Message- From: OK Don via Mercedes Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2015 7:06 PM To: Mitch Haley ; Mercedes Discussion List Cc: OK Don Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing Good one. I'd read about the development of this procedure before, but hadn't seen a movie of it in action. It makes me think that is we did this today, a glider club could launch sailplanes twice as fast as they do with the tow plane landing after each tow - they could just circle around, constantly pulling gliders into the air - too cool. My 182 used to have a glider tow hook, might have to find another one . . . On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: For the military aviation buffs: http://warisboring.com/articles/the-snatch-method-was-one-crazy-way-to-make-a-glider-fly/ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing
Good one. I'd read about the development of this procedure before, but hadn't seen a movie of it in action. It makes me think that is we did this today, a glider club could launch sailplanes twice as fast as they do with the tow plane landing after each tow - they could just circle around, constantly pulling gliders into the air - too cool. My 182 used to have a glider tow hook, might have to find another one . . . On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > For the military aviation buffs: > > > http://warisboring.com/articles/the-snatch-method-was-one-crazy-way-to-make-a-glider-fly/ > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] OT: C-47 glider towing
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