ford 369 Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 some time ago there was a request by someone for the winch mechanism to attach a dakota to a horsa glider for a glider either being built or restored to fly to Normandy this year,does anybody know if this project was completed and will it really be flying to Normandy this year and if so where and when will it be landing? Nigel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 i was wondering about this the other day too .....:coffee: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 There is a Waco and a Horsa being rebuilt at Shawbury. Go to this website for current update; http://www.assaultglidertrust.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 some time ago there was a request by someone for the winch mechanism to attach a dakota to a horsa glider for a glider either being built or restored to fly to Normandy this year,does anybody know if this project was completed and will it really be flying to Normandy this year and if so where and when will it be landing?Nigel I think Neil Stevens has something to do with this, there was info on here but I think it was lost in the Big Forum Crash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford 369 Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 I dont think it was the assault glider trust doing this as I think the glider was being built in the USA andbeing bought over in an American air force transport plane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 I dont think it was the assault glider trust doing this as I think the glider was being built in the USA andbeing bought over in an American air force transport plane By coincidence I have just been loking at a Normandy tourism website with details of events going on around the region and found this; St Mere Eglise 31st May 2009 Waco glider flyover ( place and time to be confirmed) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Yes it was Neil who was involved - I will ask him to post up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford 369 Posted May 26, 2009 Author Share Posted May 26, 2009 still no news about the glider to normandy so I guess this will not be happening now unless anyone knows better Nigel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agripper Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 are there any of these gliders flying? Was able to go in the Horsa that was stored at RAF Henlow some years back , this was one of those used in D Day but dont know if this is accurate informoation or not, does anyone have any further details on this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Here are the ones at Shawbury that were mentioned earlier. When I posted them originally on here, http://www.hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?t=8635 , it was mentioned then that they aren't allowed to fly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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