A aviation & planes forum. AviationBanter

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Go Back   Home » AviationBanter forum » rec.aviation newsgroups » Soaring
Site Map Home Register Authors List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read Web Partners

Looking for two British pilots who towed across Atlantic 65 years ago



 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #1  
Old March 21st 08, 04:14 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Dave Newill
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 30
Default Looking for two British pilots who towed across Atlantic 65 years ago

Any of our British friends know if either R G Seyes or F M Gobeil are
still around? 65 years ago in June, they piloted a Troop / Cargo
glider from Montreal Canada to Preswick Scotland as an experiment in
shipping these D-Day Silent Wings machines from the USA to UK.
Apparently the 6-7 hours ( per leg) of hand flying on tow over the
North Atlantic were determined to be too difficult and the flight was
not repeated.

If either of these heroic gentlemen are still with us - we should find
them and celebrate their flight this summer!
 




Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Being towed too slow? Steve Leonard Soaring 23 November 21st 07 11:19 PM
Gear Up, pt 6 - p-47-being-towed.jpg (1/1) Mitchell Holman Aviation Photos 1 April 19th 07 03:34 PM
340,000 Pilots Needed For The Next 20 Years? Larry Dighera Piloting 20 March 12th 07 06:34 AM
"British Army being scalped of Apache pilots" Mike Rotorcraft 0 January 15th 06 03:36 AM
Dallas westbound NE-1 need something towed? [email protected] Soaring 0 October 29th 05 11:38 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 04:58 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2025 AviationBanter.
The comments are property of their posters.