military glider

Its main products were military gliders and light transport aircraft.

The big military glider was only fifty feet up and losing height fast.

Once in awhile he encountered a military glider but none of them paid any attention to him.

The assault helicopter can be thought of as the modern successor to the military glider.

He became involved in military gliders, since gliding was not forbidden by the treaty.

Military gliders allow crews to arrive at the drop zone along with their vehicles.

The firm also produced the Gotha Go 242 military glider.

By 1944 there was a surplus of trained pilots and he so volunteered to fly military gliders.

It gained its name during the war because of its service towing military gliders.

Not all military gliders were planned for transport.

A team of volunteer surgeons flew in by military glider and began operating in a tool room.

Earlier, the Allies released 147 military gliders from towing aircraft, to glide in silently.

The only shortfall the Allies had with Tindall was their lack of military gliders.

During training in North Carolina, they were the first American paratroopers to jump out of military gliders.

Military gliders were developed and used in several campaigns, but they did not become widely used due to the high casualty rate often encountered.

The Maeda Ku-1 was a small twin boom Japanese military glider.

The military glider centre is also part of the BFTS.

During World War II many assaults were done by military gliders.

It was charged with the development of means of delivering allied armed forces to the war front by Military gliders and other means.

By the beginning of 1941, the War Office had issued four specifications for military gliders to be used by the airborne forces.

Military gliders were developed during World War II by a number of countries for landing troops.

He was posted to the Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment on military glider development.

General Aircraft Hamilcar, a military glider of the period capable of carrying light tanks.

The main human application is currently recreational, though during the Second World War military gliders were used for carrying troops and equipment into battle.

It is home to an extensive archive and book collection about the WWII military glider program.