The assembled congregation will recall the Gingham Glider from Colditz.

[zeitghost]

Gosh.

So there we are.

I was disappointed that no one was brave enough to get in the thing.

But it did what it said on the tin.

[KaiserWilly]

I'm sure it makes you feel really at home.

Do you wear the pickelhaube whilst viewing?

Only if the action gets rough.

[zeitghost]

when I go to the UK I spend hours glued to the Military History channel.

I'm sure it makes you feel really at home.

Do you wear the pickelhaube whilst viewing?

[Doggy Styles]

when I go to the UK I spend hours glued to the Military History channel.

We call it the Hitler channel.

[KaiserWilly]

when I go to the UK I spend hours glued to the Military History channel.

[zeitghost]

Gosh, weren't they intending to fly all the way to Switzerland in that? How far was Switzerland?

A lot further than it got.

The idea was simply to get over the wall & land down in the vaaaaaalley, boyo.

There's tidy then.

[Doggy Styles]

It worked..

Colditz Glider Flight - YouTube

Gosh, weren't they intending to fly all the way to Switzerland in that? How far was Switzerland?

[zeitghost]

Any colour you want so long as its white, dear boy!

That's no good.

I want gingham.

[BolshieBastard]

Possibly more difficult to build in the right shade of gingham.

Any colour you want so long as its white, dear boy!

[zeitghost]

Much prefer an ASH26 myself. Far more aerodynamic.

Possibly more difficult to build in the right shade of gingham.

[BolshieBastard]

Much prefer an ASH26 myself. Far more aerodynamic.

[KentPhilip]

It worked..

Colditz Glider Flight - YouTube

[zeitghost]

As seen in a documentary some years ago.

Well, this Monday on C4, another set of lunes is about to attempt to launch another replica glider (sadly not gingham) off the roof of the castle.

Monday C4, 21:00.

I shall watch with interest.

Pity it's not gingham though.

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