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C-47 and Glider Image


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Picked this nice 8x10 original photo today at the flea market showing a C-47 flying low and possibly preparing to snatch a glider into the air . You can see the tow strap in the image.

There are cars way off in the distance bordering the field as well as what looks like a billboard. Anyway, it's a nice large action photo for a buck!

 

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Great photo. Hard to believe grabbing a glider while in flight wouldn't pull you right out of the air but it looks like that's they're doing. Perhaps a tow strap with some give would help. You can see those slanted posts beyond the 2 folks in the (almost) foreground which appear to be the target.

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Sundance, thanks for your observations. I had to believe that was a heckuva jerk for the pilots when they grabbed that glider!

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