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Re: SG-5 & Gliders
Hucks,
To tow gliders one need to be a certified glider pilot himself.
Am not sure if this rule applies to the frame of time we are mentioning here: Luftwaffe in WW2. But maybe StG 5 flew some of those towing sorties and needed previously formed glider pilots to fly them.
I remember Martin Drewes saying to me that he flew some glider towing flights with a former Morane Saulnier MS-230, but am not sure if he qualified as A, B or C Glider pilot previously. This is the sole (from memory) airman that I remember saying he towed gliders in WW2.
Very nice thread indeed. Hope someone with a similar Wherpass can confirm or deny this information that Tug Pilots needed to be qualified previously as Glider pilots.
Most humbly yours,
Adriano S. Baumgartner
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