D-Day was about as good as it gets with airborne ops, so far. A slightly more ambitious operation, a few months later... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Market_Garden On 6/30/18, John Gardner wrote: > Um, well, I could'nt agree with you more... "8) > > On 6/30/18, AB Pearce - UKRI STFC wrote: >>> Yahoo! >>> >>> http://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3D747623 >> >> Yeah, but they are doing it in the full light of day, the point I was >> making >> was that during the war allied glider flights were all done at night >> AFAIK. >> Flying like that in pitch black is asking for mission failure with much >> loss >> of life. >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 .