Study of aeronautical considerations involved; ratio of weight of train of gliders to weight of towing airplane directly influence speed of whole combination of planes and gliders; the higher the speed of towing plane the more efficient the "train" will be; Me 110, for example, could tow gliders, totaling four times its own weight and maintain cruising speed of about 110 mph; slower, heavier machine would not be as efficient. (See also Nat Advisory Committee Aeronautics -- Tech Memo n 980 June 1941 9 p 2 supp plates)


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    Title :

    Air transport by gliders


    Additional title:

    Aeroplane


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Aeroplane ; 60 , n 1561 ; p 476-477


    Publication date :

    1941


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    GLIDERS FOR TRANSPORT

    Barringer, Lewin B. | SAE | 1942


    Air transport by gliders

    Stepniewski, W. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1941


    Gliders

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1944


    Gliders

    Ogilvie, Alec | Engineering Index Backfile | 1923


    Flexible gliders

    Taylor, R. T. / Judd, J. H. / Hewes, D. E. | NTRS | 1960