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HawkerHart
Meteor
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by HawkerHart » 22 Aug 2008, 22:50
Me thinks that would have hurt a tad!!
And the wobbles rather nausiating(excuse the spelling). Kinda reminds me of the footage of WW2 Italian Paratroops linked to there chute at one point in the middle of their back, hehe.
And this:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MlZ9_GSSx9U
Tom
Garry Russell
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by Garry Russell » 22 Aug 2008, 23:42
You'd think they would be able to work parachutes out :think:
Luckily the ground was there to break it's fall
:doho:
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by John » 23 Aug 2008, 10:02
You know it's not like this hasn't been done before, so how did it go so wrong?
Ah! Because it didn't always go right in testing for Apollo ;-)
http://www.astronautix.com/details/apo17875.htm
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John
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