This is a little of the subject, but the Luftwaffe had a huge glide made by Messerschmitt, the Me-321 Gigant, and it was towed by 2 He-111's combined at the wing with a fifth engine at the joint. I for one would like to see this someday.
"The Messerschmitt 321, the Gigant, was the largest glider ever used on operations. It had a 55 meter wing span, was 28.15 meters long and nearly 6 meters deep. It weighed 12 tons
and could carry about 20 tons. Two-hundred troops could be accommodated in place of cargo. Loading was via a pair of hugh clamshell doors in the nose. The 321 was originally
towed by three BF 110's fighters in concert, the "troika" tow. This was as inherently unstable and as dangerous as it sounded. Later the ZWILLING Heinkel was used, two he 111's
joined by a center wing span and equipped with five engines. Over 200 321's were built. The majority were converted into Messerschmitt 323 transport planes by the addition of six
French Gnone-Rhone radials. Crew for the transport version was five, compared to two for the glider, and payload was much reduced. Both the glider and transport were stable but
heavy and sluggish. A flight of 323's was slaughtered by Allied fighters while trying to resupply Tunisia and another group was shot down over Bucharest during German attempts to gain
control of the city. either under tow as a glider or in the self powered version, they needed an excessive length of runway. Later models employed rockets to assist takeoff."
taken from
www.feldgrau.com ------------------
Hehe, check this out, I can do a killer lawn dart impression!
