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Aviation History
1944
1944 - 0754.PDF
3Q2 FLIGHT Studies in Recognition \ir<rak( in I ATsp^cu Horsa. BRITAIN'S standard glider transport and troop-carrier, the Airspeed Horsa can accommodate 25 men during training. On operations, however, a rear gunner is carried and the number of troops reduced to 20 fully equipped men. Wooden construction is employed, with plywood and fabric covering "Spoilers" are fitted above and below wings besides split trailing-edge flaps. Large door on port side of nose forms loading-ramp when lowered. Main wheels of tricycle under carriage only are dropped after take-off. Recognition points comprise circular-sectioned fuselage with very long nose; high, cantilever wing with flat rectangular centre-section and outer panels tapering on leading-edge only raked tips; rectangular, strut-braced high aspect-ratio tailplane mounted part way up fin Dimensions: Span 88ft., lengtb 67ft., height 2ift., wing area 1,104 sq. ft. f
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