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Subject: Re: Airborne Operations
Keywords: Gigant
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Date: 8 Jul 90 05:34:23 GMT
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In article <1990Jul5.020552.14422@cbnews.att.com> Scott.Johnson@p0.f7.n391.z8.fidonet.org (Scott Johnson) writes:

->        The largest a glider ever got was a Messcherschmidt (sp?) 
->type. It was larger than a C-47, and required either two Me-110's or 
->its own special-designed towinng aircraft. 
->
->[mod.note:  That's "Messerschmitt", and the gliders was the Me 321
->"Gigant."  - Bill ]
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They eventually put motors on the Gigant and, I think, used JATOs to get 
them in the air.  I've seen some WWII footage of Allied fighters splashing
them in the Med.  The German pilots must have felt hopeless in the extreme
when they were spotted - like flying an underpowered barn. They were trying
to fly supplies to Africa.


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