The Airspeed AS.51 Horsa was a British troop-carrying glider used during the Second World War. It was developed and manufactured by Airspeed Limited, alongside...

Airspeed Limited was established in 1931 to build aeroplanes in York, England, by A. H. Tiltman and Nevil Shute Norway (the aeronautical engineer and novelist...

needed] lists Hengist as the first of the Jutish kings of Kent. Modern scholarly consensus regards Hengist and Horsa as mythical figures, given their...

proposed by Airspeed Limited a British aircraft manufacturer from 1931 to 1951. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Airspeed aircraft. "Airspeed Type Designations"...

OTU's Armstrong-Whitworth Whitleys towed Airspeed Horsa heavy troop-carrying gliders on training missions; the Horsas making practice formation landings at...

raid Airspeed AS.49 - Proposed development of Airspeed Queen Wasp to Specification T.24/40, not built Airspeed AS.50 Queen Wasp Airspeed AS.51 Horsa MkI...

Masters and Harvards and partly because of the importance of Airspeed's other products, the Horsa and Oxford. Data from The Hamlyn Concise Guide to British...

exhibit of military gliders of the Glider Pilot Regiment includes the Airspeed Horsa and Waco CG-4. The museum has an example of the Soviet ZSU-23-4 Shilka...

Vultee Vengeance (RAF) dive bomber rejected for service after trials Airspeed Horsa (RAF, Army Air Corps) General Aircraft Hamilcar (RAF, Army Air Corps)...

Museum". Welwyn Hatfield Times. Retrieved 22 September 2020. "AIRSPEED AS.51 & 58 HORSA GLIDER". de Havilland Aircraft Museum. Retrieved 21 September...

Disposal Company See: Schreder Airspeed Tern Airspeed AS.51 Horsa Airspeed AS.52 Airspeed AS.53 Horsa Airspeed AS.58 Horsa II (Émile Dewoitine / Aeronáutica...

British fighter aircraft of the war a German Biber mini-submarine an Airspeed Horsa MK1 Assault Glider, a large glider of which 916 were deployed during...

the main elements of the 3rd Parachute Brigade in Normandy as well as towing Airspeed Horsa gliders across the English Channel. They were also active in...

Urubú Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era CG-4A Waco Airspeed Horsa "Transport Gliders: The Rise and Demise of a Weapon: Part Two". Air...

Aircraft and helicopters Aérospatiale Alouette II AgustaWestland AW109 Airspeed Horsa Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander Dornier Do 27 Piper PA-18 Super Cub See...

Operation Tonga; 296 Squadron used 19 aircraft to tow Airspeed Horsas; 295 Squadron towed 21 Horsas, although it lost six in transit; 570 Squadron sent...

administration platoons. Air transport for the brigade was normally the Airspeed Horsa glider, piloted by two soldiers from the Glider Pilot Regiment. With...

Tottenham Hale takes its name from the old English word Hale (to hoist or pull), as goods (particularly timber) were unloaded from the River Lea for onward transport...

configuration, and era DFS 230 DFS 331 Waco CG-4A General Aircraft Hamilcar Airspeed Horsa Slingsby Hengist Related lists List of aircraft of World War II List...

Glider operations started in October 1943 and continued until 1945. Airspeed Horsa gliders from Tarrant Rushton left for France on the eve of D-Day, to...

Group Airborne Forces, where it mainly operated tug aircraft towing Airspeed Horsa which were used in a number of operations. These included carrying the...

230 Gotha Go 242 Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Airspeed Horsa Antonov A-7 General Aircraft Hotspur Gribovsky G-11 Slingsby Hengist...

airborne divisions created by the British Army in World War II. Carried in Horsa gliders, the battalion took part in Operation Mallard, the British glider-borne...

Glider Conversion Unit (HGCU), equipped with Whitley glider tugs and Airspeed Horsa gliders. No. 296 Squadron and No. 297 Squadron both moved in on 14 March...

Normandy was arranged in six Airspeed Horsa gliders, piloted by 12 NCOs from 'C' Squadron, Glider Pilot Regiment. The Horsa had a wingspan of 88 feet (27 m)...

1944; on D-Day it dropped men of the 3rd Parachute Brigade and towed Airspeed Horsa gliders. Further support for the Allied landings and the battle for...

Army pilots trained here as glider pilots from 1943, the base being one of many assisting in the training of Airspeed Horsa Glider pilots in preparation...

comparable role, configuration, and era Waco CG-4A General Aircraft Hotspur Airspeed Horsa Slingsby Hengist Gribovski G-11 Antonov A-7 Related lists List of aircraft...

carry vehicles (such as the Waco Hadrian and Airspeed Horsa) led to the project's cancellation. Although several designs (such as the ConVairCar) have...

Jane's Publishers Ltd. p. 41]. ISBN 978-0-35400-538-8. Taylor, H.A. (1970). Airspeed Aircraft since 1931. London: Putnam. pp. 69–70. ISBN 978-0-37000-110-4...