Seem to be used by divers these days http://www.c-tecnics.com/products/diver-communications/communications-rope/ __________________________________________ David C Brown 43 Bings Road Whaley Bridge High Peak Phone: 01663 733236 Derbyshire eMail: dcb.home@gmail.com SK23 7ND web: www.bings-knowle.co.uk/dcb *Sent from my etch-a-sketch* On 30 June 2018 at 14:55, David C Brown wrote: > Whist paratroopers were specially trained elite troops, paid extra becaus= e > of the danger of their task, airborne troops in gliders were just ordinar= y > with no special pay or privileges. According to my late father - who, as= a > medic, had close contact with airborne troops - this caused a lot of > resentment.since glider missions were perceived as more dangerous than > parachute drops. > > In the earl yeighties, when I was involved in Mountain Rescue, we trialle= d > something called a "talking rope". This was a normal 11mm nylon rope > with embedded wires brought out to a connector at each end into which wa= s > plugged a voice unit. It proved rather unreliable, the terminations bein= g > the weak point. Since small reliable radios were becoming available at > that time the talking rope was never widely adopted. > > __________________________________________ > David C Brown > 43 Bings Road > Whaley Bridge > High Peak Phone: 01663 733236 > Derbyshire eMail: dcb.home@gmail.com > SK23 7ND web: www.bings-knowle.co.uk/dcb > > > > > *Sent from my etch-a-sketch* > > On 30 June 2018 at 13:39, RussellMc wrote: > >> I've read 'quite a few accounts' of WW2 related activity. I don't recall >> mention ever being made of more tan one glider per tug, BUT itr's >> conceivable that that may have escaped being described (but that seems >> unlikely). >> >> Many horrendous things happened to gliders and their occupants BUT they >> were also very successful at delivering troops and equipment to the >> battlefield in groups and without the need for parachute training and >> extra >> equipment reqquired for paratroopers. >> >> Losses were often catastropghic - released by tow plane over the ocean >> [:-(][relatively few], shot down in flight (flak usually), bad landing d= ue >> to natural hazard, bad landinbg due to enhanced natural hazards (eg >> flooded >> areas) or artificial hazards (eg Rommel's asparagus - wooden obstacles >> with explosive charges attached), snapped tow ropes (ALL the heavy >> equipoment gliders for Market Garden / a bridge too far campaign - they >> had >> not learned the obvious lesson from the Normandy lanings), ... . >> But even landings which appeared fatal could disgorge a more oir less >> intact contingent of troops. >> >> German glider l;osses on Crete were immense. All causes losses were 50% = of >> the invaders! (Try not to fight NZ troops :-) :-( ). >> >> R >> >> https://wiki2.org/en/Military_glider+Brights >> >> https://www.asme.org/engineering-topics/articles/aerospace- >> defense/the-flying-coffins-of-world-war-ii >> >> https://wiki2.org/en/List_of_World_War_II_military_gliders+Brights >> >> Garglabet >> https://www.google.co.nz/search?num=3D50&source=3Dhp&ei=3DLXY3W72Z >> O46dhwP22bG4AQ&q=3Dww2+gliders&oq=3Dww2+gliders&gs_l=3Dpsy-ab.3.. >> 0l3j0i22i30k1l7.2698.6219.0.6555.13.11.0.1.1.0.222.1878.2- >> 9.10.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..2.11.2102.6..35i39k1j0i131k1. >> 220.rYGizDyE1ho >> >> https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=3Dww2+gliders&num=3D50&tbm=3D >> isch&tbo=3Du&source=3Duniv&sa=3DX&ved=3D0ahUKEwidgua7sPvbAhVQdt4KH >> c6wB20QsAQIiwE&biw=3D1680&bih=3D868 >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> View/change your membership options at >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >> > > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .