And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Friday, December 23, 2022
Appreciate the impressive size of that big yellow wing
One of my uncles flew on one of those at the end of WW2. During training he told of flying along the coast, California I believe, and cars on the highways were passing them.
Amazing lift available. They needed it to get out of the water and into ground effect quickly. There’s a video of different aircraft test towing gliders in WWII. This girl jumped in the air and had to wait for the glider to get airborne. All others the glider waited for the tow to lift off. If you fly, that feat jumps out at you.
One of my uncles flew on one of those at the end of WW2. During training he told of flying along the coast, California I believe, and cars on the highways were passing them.
ReplyDeleteThe C-47 of Seaplanes!
ReplyDeleteAmazing lift available. They needed it to get out of the water and into ground effect quickly. There’s a video of different aircraft test towing gliders in WWII. This girl jumped in the air and had to wait for the glider to get airborne. All others the glider waited for the tow to lift off. If you fly, that feat jumps out at you.
ReplyDeleteOnly when I saw the two near one another did I realise that its wingspan was only two feet shorter than the Lancaster!
ReplyDeleteProbably the happiest sight for any downed aircrew or survivors of a sunk warship.
ReplyDeleteThat is one unique piece of engineering!
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