The Freeper Foxhole Profiles Gliders and Glider Troops - August 14th, 2003

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[PhilDragoo]

The simplicity of the airframe was ready made for construction by companies with no previous manufacuring experience. All they needed was the ability to cut and weld tubing and work wood. Big pieces of wood. In actuality, few manufacturers did all the work in house. The most common approach was for the prime contractor to do the fuselages and steel work with all the wood work being farmed out to those with expertise in wood, notably furniture manufactures. The parts would flow in from the various subcontractors and were assembled at the main plant. Incidentally, one of the major sub-cractors was Baldwin Piano.

Woodworking capability is one reason so many of the gliders were built in Michigan where they were suported by the already existing furniture industry. Between Ford's plant at Kinsford and Gibson's plant at Greenvile, they cranked out 5,270 of the machines.

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Two modest proposals inspired by the bravery of these glider pilots and troops:

1) That future glider pilots and troops be issued Coffee, Darksheare Type, 1 Percolator Pot Each in lieu of the parachutes deemed too weighty--The men will be able to flap their arms and fly away from any aerial mishap;

2) That all unsympathetic reporters (read, CNN, MSNBC, CBS, NBC, ABC, Reuters, AP, AFP, NYTimes, LATimes, Boston Globe, WashPost, Atlantic, New Yorker, Time, Newsweek, et cetera) be ordered to board WACO CG-4A gliders to be released over hard, unforgiving surfaces, e.g., Himalayas, Grand Canyon, Helen Thomas' foundation garments, thereby being embedded--

--if that's what it takes to get the truth through their thick skulls.

[Victoria Delsoul]

I know you like that song, too.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Good post and graphics, Phil. Thanks.

[SAMWolf]

Evening PhilDragoo.

Thanks for the great pics and background on the Waco.

1) That future glider pilots and troops be issued Coffee, Darksheare Type, 1 Percolator Pot Each in lieu of the parachutes deemed too weighty--The men will be able to flap their arms and fly away from any aerial mishap;

ROTFLMAO!!! Can you imagine unleashing those guys on the enemy!!!

[PhilDragoo]

COMING SOON: DARKSHEARE TROOPERS

[SAMWolf]

LOL!

[E.G.C.]

Excellent article. Thanks Phil for the bump and the article.

[snippy_about_it]

1) That future glider pilots and troops be issued Coffee, Darksheare Type, 1 Percolator Pot Each in lieu of the parachutes deemed too weighty--The men will be able to flap their arms and fly away from any aerial mishap;

LOL. Thanks Phil.

See Darksheare, you and your coffee have become Foxhole legend.

[Darksheare]

"Darksheare Troopers"?

My coffee may be a little strong, but it's not that strong..
I regret that it has become legend.. someone somewhere is going to actually try to 'try my coffee on for size' without the standard warning I give and down a whole pot to themselves.
I have no idea what that might do to a NORMAL person, but I suffer no ill effects from it..

[snippy_about_it]

...but I suffer no ill effects from it..

Oh really?

LOL. Just kidding. ;)

[Darksheare]

Yup.
;-)

[PhilDragoo]

I drink it daily and have for years.

Had Ted Kennedy done the same he'd be president and Mary Jo would be alive.

Philosophers will have to sort that out--I have posts to go before I sleep.

[snippy_about_it]

LOL.

Philosophers will have to sort that out

SAM...don't even try. ;)

[SAMWolf]

OOOOOOOOO! Low Blow. ;-)

[snippy_about_it]

OOOOOOOOO! Low Blow. ;-)

Somtimes I just can't resist...lol.