Airspeed Horsa and the Waco CG-4A Hadrian Gliders.

[Tilt]

Horsa carried upto 25 troops
Hadrian carried upto 13 troops

These would not be player rides but drone type loadout options to C47's (and maybe even Lancasters)

They would be released within a certain range and altitude of a map room and would land and discharge troops under AI.

Why would they be used?

To enable troops to be dropped (released) further away from a map room than currently possible.
To have surplus troops OTW to a map room (once landed) should a map room be defended.

Whats the game play balance to use them (dissadvantage)

Tug air craft are far more vulnerable.
They have a predictable flight and landing pattern (e.g # yards SE of the Map Room)
They crash into trees when used agin some GV fields and only discharge half their troops  .

[The Fugitive]

Hitech has said that if he were to up the number of troops a single player can bring in, he would also up the number of troops need to capture the base.

[Tilt]

Hitech has said that if he were to up the number of troops a single player can bring in, he would also up the number of troops need to capture the base.

Which I suppose would favor the Hadrian (which was the most common) with a 10 troop load out. (removing the 2nd advantage of using one)

[MAINER]

+1 i like the idea

[Martyn]

+1 - neat idea.

Also - manned pill boxes in towns? Just to make life a little more difficult for the hordes of troops that are bound to descend on the towns.

[Baggy]

Pegasus Bridge anyone? Get your stopwatch and compass out Tilt!

[715]

I'd tow a glider with my C47.  I guess it would take some planning to figure out, given the topography, where it can be released and still be able to glide in range of the town.  Obviously you don't want to release it below a ridge in the next valley over from the town.  

+1

[Traveler]

Would love to have glider, to carry troops for town or perhaps AI arty that carry a basic ammo supply and need to be re-supplied either by M3 or C47 arty supplies. 

+1.

[Seanaldinho]

+10 I posted an idea about this a while ago...

[Skyguns MKII]

+1, By the way, were there any recorded german aircraft kills on allied gliders?

[Raptor05121]

while I like the idea, I dont understand it:

C-47 with 10 troops- goes anywhere you want, drop when you want to

or

C-47 towing a glider- going to be slower, bigger target, and possibility of AI failure + longer troop run time versus dropping over flag.

which would you take?

[Seanaldinho]

Id take the glider and put it right down mainstreet to the front steps of the map room. No more long waiting for the chutes to fall then run in.

[Skyguns MKII]

+1, By the way, were there any recorded german aircraft kills on allied gliders?

anybody?

[Butcher]

anybody?

You can research that information yourself, although I will warn its quite time consuming.

I been through a few thousand pages of pilot logs and haven't seen any specifically, although it was only for JG-52.

[camnite]

why not have it ten troops for the c-47 and ten in  the glider? just cycle between them like we do with ord. then you could take one base with the glider and take another with the remainder so you don't have to reup and fly the same if not greater distances when you could be most of the way there.