The fuselage of an Airspeed Horsa glider – the type used by airborne troops in World War II – was converted by Mr. Arthur Bedford, a building contractor at Southbourne, Bournemouth.

An 80th anniversary service has been held in memory of 23 men who died in a WWII glider crash. On 17 September 1944, an RAF Airspeed Horsa glider broke apart in mid-air, minutes after taking off ...

During World War II, the firm designed and built many types of aircraft as well as the Airspeed Horsa glider. However, the company moved to Portsmouth when it was unable to find space to expand in ...

A recent visit to the Pegasus Bridge museum near Caen in Normandy, France brought back memories of an experience with a HORSA glider in either the autumn of 1943 or the spring of 1944 ...

Staff-Sergeant Wallwork, of the army's Glider Pilot Regiment ... over the River Orne was renamed the Horsa bridge in memory of the gliders, built by Airspeed in Hampshire. The operation was ...

World War II glider pilots from across the nation will meet in Lubbock Friday and Saturday to see again the flat terrain of the South Plains Army Air Field where they trained in the early 1940s ...

LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) – A project that literally spans the globe comes to Lubbock Thursday. A Horsa Glider replica cockpit was shipped Wednesday by The Assault Glider Trust at Royal Air Force Shawbury to ...

During World War II, the firm designed and built many types of aircraft as well as the Airspeed Horsa glider. However, the company moved to Portsmouth when it was unable to find space to expand in ...