This DVD
is a collection of films and newsreels on sailplanes or gliders is
a type of glider aircraft used in the
sport of Sailplanes are aerodynamically streamlined and are capable of
gaining altitude when flown in rising air. Plus, the USAF uses of glider
training too.
1st Film; "Gliders at El
Mirage". A 1960 short film were a TV Host takes us to a
sailplane airport called Crystal Airport.
See an experimental BRIEGLEB W G BG-12B-WG take to the
air over El Mirage lakebed. Runtime 8:22 M
2nd Film; "Gliders in the
Alps". A great film from the 1954 of gliders flying in the
Europe Alps. Great footage of old German sailplane training young men and
women to fly. Also, cables were used to launch the gliders. Runtime 8:12 M
3rd Film; "Sailplane and Glider
History". A brief history of gliding then onto building a homemade
sailplane. After completed, it is
launched by a car and flys out over Torres Pines, CA. 10:13 M
4th Film; "USAF Glider Training". USAF aviation training film highlighting
the SCHWEIZER SGS 2-33A Glider among other training aircraft. Runtime
6:45 M
5th Film;
"British Glider Stories". A 1950s film about the RAF use of glider
training and shows a brief history of the Waco gliders used during WW2. Runtime 15:08 M
6th Film;
"Glider Newsreels". 30 Plus minutes Civilian and military Gliders and
sailplanes including the Famous Waco C4-GA. 1st, Sailing the Sky. 2. CG4A Factory. 3. Hap Arnold Studies Gliders. 4. Mobile air-fans create lift for
glider training. 5. Civilian Gliders
and Sailplanes-silent, but great. 6.
Army Gliding in Switzerland. 7. Gliders
picked-up at Eindhoven. 8. Glider Storm
Damage in India. 9. CG4A Hitch
Hiker. 10. Gliders pass Army Test. 11.
Glider Cashes. 12. Glider Operations,
final drive to Berlin. Runtime 36:25 M
7th Film: "T-G4 Glider". Footage in HD
of a RARE TG-4 glider up at Tehachapi airport. There were only 150 of these
gliders built during WW2 and only 8 are left.
This one is still in flying status. 5:01 M