 Atlantic Tow??
This is a true story, I remember seeing a First Day
Cover commemorating it. Unfortunately I can't remember
any details.
Mark
At 15:36 06 October 2005, Ed Byars wrote:
>In the latest Fall edition of TO FLY, publication of
>the Sport Avia.
>As, I read a reprint of a July 1944 issue of SKYWAYS
>mag. about a long
>tow! Across the Atlantic no less. I just can't believe
>it. Can somebody
>help me verify it? No date of the flight was given.
>It was a Waco CG-4A
>(named Voo-Doo) and was by the British from Montreal
>with one stop on the
>'east coast'(?). The second leg was 28 hours with landing
>in 'Britain'. They
>had a cargo load of 3000 pounds. Only pilot (Seys,
>RAF) and copilot (Gobeil,
>RAF) aboard. Mention was made of thunder, snow and
>ice. Quote: '....the snow
>and ice were so thick that the towplane, for the most
>part, was invisible.
>Only fifteen feet or so of the towrope could be seen.'
>I have been involved in several long cross country
>tows, one of which
>involved the towplane towing me into a cloud. I lasted
>about 20 seconds
>before the rope broke. But that's another story.
>If this story is true the details would really be interesting
>and my hat's
>off. If it is untrue their must be some sort of story
>behind it of
>interest.
>Can anybody fill us in?
>Ed Byars
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