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4. dopkop commented 10 years ago
Too cool! I want that ride next time I go to the town fair.
I wonder why they didn't pick up Scott O'Grady this way.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_O%27Grady
If interested - there's another way it was later done, as the missionaries figured out in the jungles in Ecuador: circle the plane and lower a rope so that the end is stationary.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Auca
They're just now starting to aero-tow paragliders behind planes this way, circling the faster aircraft around the slower paraglider, spiraling up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxz5qoTvu4g
I wonder why they didn't pick up Scott O'Grady this way.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_O%27Grady
If interested - there's another way it was later done, as the missionaries figured out in the jungles in Ecuador: circle the plane and lower a rope so that the end is stationary.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Auca
They're just now starting to aero-tow paragliders behind planes this way, circling the faster aircraft around the slower paraglider, spiraling up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxz5qoTvu4g
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10. Judge-Jake commented 10 years ago
This was later developed into economy class by Ryanair.
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11. jackDjohnson commented 10 years ago
The government fell for this invention Hook Line and Sinker !! LOL #2... baaaaaaah
+10 1. Burimi commented 10 years ago