Glider Pickup at Eindhoven

Glider pickup at Eindhoven during WWII after Operation Market Garden.

[@RoboTekno]

Holy s**t! The 'glider pickup' launch looks crazy! I'd hate to be in the pilots seat when the tow rope fails :-(

[@williambrown1095]

Just found this post. {5 years late} Did you know they also did this behind Japanese lines, In the jungle, during the Burma campaign? braver men than me.

[@wampuscat1831]

I knew one them.Asked him if he ever returned one.His eyes got real big and YES and only one LOL.It was a short field ...His name was Ernest Taylor of northern Pa...

[@my94holden]

wow great video

[@MikeDawson1]

I'm surprised that actually worked, that's a huge impact force that could snap the rope, or rip the front of the glider off... probably felt like they hit something from inside the tow plane

[@alanaldpal950]

I don’t think they are using weak links on that method.

[@BertDaanje]

Inside the plane they had a kind of hydraulic drum system to dampen the force of the rope during initial acceleration of the glider.

[@Oligodendrocyte139]

​@@BertDaanjeYou can see it in a clip called Glider Snatching by Pathe News.

[@fricky2676]

I notice they failed to tell you if the pilot in the failed glider snatch was OK. I'm guessing by the damage he wasn't.

[@zenithsouza3414]

Fantástico!!!

[@user-lm1uw4cj1o]

太危险了

[@intervenum]

Bungee cord launch....

[@randlerobbertson8792]

I cannot believe how flimsy these american gliders were. Would I have climbed into a Horsa? with trepidation yes, Climb into a waco? not on your bloody life.

[@Oligodendrocyte139]

There's a video on YT called Flying the Horsa Glider, and an old GPR lad describes the Waco as well. Worth a look. 👍