Jet Age Museum Horsa Project

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  1. ddayHorsa

    ddayHorsa Active Member
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    Dec 20, 2013
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    Hi all,

    I recently ran into an interesting article which recounts efforts that have been made to construct a Horsa Cockpit, by personnel associated with the Jet Age Museum in Gloucestershire, England. This is reportedly a volunteer, charitable organization interested in the preservation of local aviation heritage.

    They began construction of a full scale Horsa cockpit in 2013, but quickly ran into problems due to the quality of the plans/drawings they had obtained from the Assault Glider Trust. Fortunately, one of the project members, who was based in Stockholm, was proficient in Computer Aided Drawing and able to recreate plans with accurate dimensions. As of latter 2014, they expected the project to take shape in the near future. Click here to see the article.

    The home page for this museum is here.

    Charles
     
  2. Pat Curran

    Pat Curran Administrator
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    Oct 20, 2012
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    Thanks Charles,

    This project reminds me of the decapitated Horsa cockpit used as the control tower on the La Londe A6 ALG :D

    The only complete Horsa which I am aware of is the one at Pegasus Bridge; anyone know of any others?

    Regards,

    Pat
     

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