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Old August 25th, 2006, 09:26 AM
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BRITISH GILDERS

Hotspur Mk.I , Mk.II and Twin Hotspur



Mk.I
- 18 build in october 1940
- was adopted to fly over a traget in this point soliders was parachute and gilder without crew crash on ground
- can take 1 pilot and 7 soliders

Mk.II
- looks like mk.I but was adopted for normal gilder tactics landing with soliders near the target
- 997 were build
- mass production started in 1941

Twin Hotspur
- only prototype build
- that was two hulls of hotspur linked one wing
- crew was 2 pilots and 14 soliders
- build in 1942

Link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Aircraft_Hotspur
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