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Re: Secret Agent Theme for 2001? (was: Re: New S@H Catalog)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 8 Sep 2000 19:02:23 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Powell writes:
> The US also had a one of a kind Herc that was modified to do the same stunt!
> The photos used to be on the CNN web page, but I'd think they are gone now.
> Herc's can definitly operate out of 1200 ft strips quite nicely...witness the
> tests the USN did with them, landing on a carrier, and believe me, a herc can
> carry a _lot_ more than any helo.
Was that the kind with the retro-firing thrusters? If so, I seem to
remember some one incident in which the jets were fired while the craft was
too high above the runway, and it crashed. Do I recall correctly? Was that a
herc? Do they still employ this sort of short-landing method?
Dave!
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