Waco Glider Carlisle

………..steady people………..great name…….

I do like the way that some Horsas get a look in as well…

Whacko, Way-co, no wonder we Brits called it the Hadrian.

Interesting point about the pronunciation of Waco. The town of Waco is pronounced as Way-co but the glider manufacturer’s name is derived from Weaver Aircraft Co and is totally unrelated. According to various sources, Whacko is apparently correct!

Now now Gents – dont make fun of us locals up north!

Anyway Jimmy Edwards was a Dakota pilot and these Whackoes were definitely being pulled by Halifaxes..

My wife has been to the Borders Regiment museum in the castle (as a Scot I will not cross the drawbridge) – In 1745 too many of us never came back out.

The gent being interviewed is a very helpful chap who has a dead German pilot as a spirit helper.

Ah….the “Whacko” glider.

Probably towed by Jimmy Edwards, then.

Never heard of a ‘Whacko’ glider! 🙂

I wouldn’t expect a BBC narrator to know much about a Waco glider but you’d think anyone currently working in a media organisation might have heard of the ‘Waco’ massacre. D’oh well…

Seems to have been recovered as long ago as 1993 and stored since. Presumably originated from BAD 2 at Warton.