General Aircraft Limited GAL 49 Hamilcar

Hello

I would like to share with you the last series done by my father. He decided to continue enlarge our collection with gliders. After doing the Horsas some months ago, it was time for the Hamilcar. We would like to thanks Jed and Alastair for helping us with photos, information and even videos.

It was a huge undertaken and a big challenge for my father since we only had two vacum form kits. He done the others two Hamicar from scratch with balsa wood.

And here are some group photos showing all the Hamilcar together with the Half-Scale Prototype – T-02227/DP226.

All the Hamilcar in the display cabinet

Here are the final photos of each glider.

1) General Aircraft Limited GAL 49 Hamilcar DR854/G. It was used for RATO trials

2) General Aircraft Limited GAL 49 Hamilcar X – LA728 (Powered). It was an attempt to extend the range of the Hamilcar

3) General Aircraft Limited GAL 49 Hamilcar LA 691 901 19

4) General Aircraft Limited GAL 49 Hamilcar 256 used on Operation Varsity. for carrying ammunition. This was the reason of having the yellow tail.

And these are the “yellow wing tips gliders ”

Cheers
Santiago