Horsa Project – Photo Update

Thanks for that.

Just a little off the topic – if you ever get a chance to play a PC game called Call of Duty, in one of the missions you a soldier on board a Horsa Glider just as it crash lands next to the Pegasus Bridge, very realistic !!!!

Cheers
TNZ

Interesting, my wife’s grandfather, Cpl Ted Tappenden was on the first glider with Major Howard to land at Pegasus Bridge on the opening hour of D-day, I watch the project with keen interest.

I know it won’t happen but wouldn’t it be great to see a Dak towing a flying Horsa once again.

From what I’ve read, the Horsa fully loaded glided like a brick !!!

TNZ

Sorry Pimpernel, I’m not exactly a mine of information am I! 😉 My work took me to Shawbury and imagine my suprise when I found this hangar etc 🙂

Perhaps the website (see first post) will reveal more…

Edited to say indeed it does! They’ve got much better pictures than mine and I can see that they’ve coloured the fuselage in by now.

www.assaultgliderproject.co.uk

That’s a helluva lot of woodwork – makes me glad I’m just building a pint-sized Spit! 😀

Looks like a worthwhile project – where’d the Dak come from? I thought I’d read of one being donated very recently (Air Atlantique??) – is this it?

Yes it is from them. Atlantic never fail to impress me with what they do for historic aviation in this country.

Great work done by all.

How long has it taken to get to this stage Seafuryfan?

Keep up the good work.

BP 😀 😀

Hi Turbo, most if not all of the old looking ‘spare parts’ in the pics are, I have been informed, from Horsas – some of them from landing/crash sites from Continental Europe. What parts of the aircraft that were not salvaged by the Allies were canibalised by locals and used as sheds etc. Amazing!

Sorry, can’t answer the Dak question.

That’s a helluva lot of woodwork – makes me glad I’m just building a pint-sized Spit! 😀

Looks like a worthwhile project – where’d the Dak come from? I thought I’d read of one being donated very recently (Air Atlantique??) – is this it?

Thanks for that.

Just a little off the topic – if you ever get a chance to play a PC game called Call of Duty, in one of the missions you a soldier on board a Horsa Glider just as it crash lands next to the Pegasus Bridge, very realistic !!!!

Cheers
TNZ

Hi Turbo NZ

The word on the street is that they acquired some original Horsa wheels – I suppose they are the ones in the pics – not sure what condition they are in though.

Regards

What an amazing and relevant project. Well done so far !! 🙂

Question, what were the wheels from originally ?
They genuine Horsa ones ?
Just curious.

Cheers
TNZ

What an amazing and relevant project. Well done so far !! 🙂

Question, what were the wheels from originally ?
They genuine Horsa ones ?
Just curious.

Cheers
TNZ

We had the tail surfaces and other parts kicking around for ever – I am really pleased to see them being put to such good use!

Bruce

Cheers Stieglitz & Robbo. For camera buffs, pics were taken with a point & shoot Olympus MJU400. Couldn’t have posted without newly installed broadband.

It was amazing and a privilege to view.

Slow but certain progress. Nice pics Seafuryfan. I also love the RAF sheme on the DC3.

J.V.

Well done to all involved in this worthy project it certainly looks the buisiness,also Raf Shawbury should be congratulated for donating the space for the team to work in. Where is the Horsa to be displayed on completion?

This final batch were taken at the same time and show a newly resprayed Dakota which looks the business.

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The 2nd photo in this batch shows the attachment point for the wing spar, and the 3rd photo shows a wing spar.

Further down, you can see the old main gear legs vs newly manufactured examples (all wrapped up).