Showing posts with label glider tow car. Show all posts
Showing posts with label glider tow car. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 27, 2026

that is one strange Rolls Royce, but they have their own gas pump in the yard! (Thank you Rolf!)

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https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/69/ In 1933 this lightweight and streamlined body was ...
Thursday, June 17, 2021

now, here's a clever way to launch a glider. I bet there is something about this technique that isn't a good idea. Whatever. I neither have a glider, nor an American Underslung, or Thomas, to launch it from

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https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-shots-from-days-gone-by-part-2.1154030/page-937#post-13876982
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Sunday, June 13, 2021

Hispano Suiza, converted to a truck, with a rear wheel replaced by a winch drum, to launch gliders

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https://www.facebook.com/hispanosuizasociety/posts/1721611374676920
Sunday, April 11, 2021

from these photos, it seems like airplanes need a tractor like an oceanliner needs a tugboat

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https://wisconsinhistory.org/Records?&facets=CATEGORIES%3a%22Wisconsin%20Historical%20Images%22%2cFacetSubject%3a%22Airplanes%22
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Tuesday, March 02, 2021

they must have been having the time of their lives...

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a supercharged hot rod... possibly for lots of sand dune use by the type of balloon tires. Odd small rims for a 1930s car, so, I'm guess...
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Saturday, July 04, 2020

1936 - Art Schultz and his Franklin PS-2 Secondary Glider at Sleeping Bear Dunes, Michigan.

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https://www.facebook.com/groups/www.vintagegliderclub.org/permalink/3389437814408193/
Thursday, July 02, 2020

I stumbled across a vintage glider facebook page

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and that looks like a high dollar car, with the trunk lid removed, so it can tow a glider. That's rare. I've only come across ...
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