Old Landing from Non-Stop Air Express

[hesham]

A strange idea;


http://books.google.com.eg/books?id=NNoDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA656&dq=popular+mechanics+1922&hl=en&sa=X&ei=v3L8U5LFJLGv7Aae0YCYDg&ved=0CDQQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=popular%20mechanics%201922&f=true

 

[Jemiba]

A strange idea; ...

Strange ? This idea principally was realised a little bit later and actually brought German tourists to
such charming resorts as Fort Eben-Emael, Monat Grand Sasso and a lot more !
(Photo via http://www.fallschirmjager.net/Vehicles/DFS230/index.html )

 

[hesham]

Wow,that's new for my dear Jemiba.

 

[TomS]

The interesting part is the idea that it would be easier for a large plane to carry a bunch of gliders to drop people off than for it to land and take off again after dropping passengers. Possibly a reaction to a shortage of suitable airstrips for long-range aircraft?

The idea does sort of fail the test of how do those people (and the gliders) get back to their original point of departure.

 

[Jemiba]

The idea does sort of fail the test of how do those people (and the gliders) get back to their original point of departure.

During and after the war several attemps were made to catch gliders on the ground from flying aircraft. They were
at least partly successful and even proposed for passenger transport, although never used that way.

 

[Hot Breath]

The idea does sort of fail the test of how do those people (and the gliders) get back to their original point of departure.

During and after the war several attemps were made to catch gliders on the ground from flying aircraft. They were
at least partly successful and even proposed for passenger transport, although never used that way.

"Partly Successful"? http://members.home.nl/bdaanje/forumpics/GliderSnatching.pdf

 

[Jemiba]

"Partly Successful"? http://members.home.nl/bdaanje/forumpics/GliderSnatching.pdf

I meant, that although tested and even used militarily, that method was proposed, but
never used for passenger flights, as shown in the original post. And even if those gliders
really would have been loaded into the mother plane on the ground, I severely doubt, that
landing them with passengers on board would have been certified, as long, as there was no
way of a making a second attempt for a landing in the case of an unsuccesful first one.