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The main use was during World War II as a US Army glider school. An additional airfield was needed, so the Twentynine Palms Airport, 6 miles east of Condor Field, was also taken over for glider training. The United States Army Air Forces Contract Flying School Airfields opened the training center, and called it the Twenty-Nine Palms Air Academy ...
The Condor was designed as a flight training glider specifically to introduce new pilots to hang gliding. As such it has a very large wing area, low wing loading, a stall speed of 13 mph (21 km/h) and it is intended for use only under very light wind conditions. It was specifically intended for sale only to professional hang gliding instructors ...
Once the Glider Pilot Cadet successfully completed their primary training, they moved on to advanced training, taught by AAF instructors at several military glider schools using the CG-4A Waco and British Airspeed Horsas that the pilots would eventually fly into combat during several operations primarily in the European Theater.
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Training in glider towing was previously conducted at Bowman Field, Kentucky, near Fort Campbell; the proximity to Fort Bragg by Laurinburg–Maxton and the Army airborne school there added a second school. The first glider pilot training class began on 2 June 1944, just four days prior to the Normandy Invasion.
The Schleicher Condor, also referred to as the Dittmar Condor, is a series of German high-wing, single and two-seat, gull winged, gliders that were designed by Heini Dittmar in the 1930s, produced in small quantities before the Second World War, produced again between 1952 and 1955 by Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co and also by Ferdinand Schmetz.
Within the framework of the training programme Air Training Corps cadets have the opportunity of taking part in many activities. On most Squadrons the only compulsory activities in the ATC year are attendance at various church parades, usually ATC Sunday (to celebrate the founding of the Air Training Corps on 5 February 1941, see below) and Remembrance Sunday.
YouTube is to start pinning advert-free first aid videos at the top of search results for medical emergency topics. The Google-owned video platform has partnered with the NHS, St John Ambulance ...