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Subject: Re: Dropping Stuff (was Re: Airborne Operations)
Message-ID: <1990Jul19.030650.29252@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 19 Jul 90 03:06:50 GMT
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From: uw-beaver!mcgp1!flak (Dan Flak)

In article <1990Jul17.032035.23017@cbnews.att.com> voder!nsc!dtg.nsc.com!alan@decwrl.dec.com (Alan Hepburn) writes:

>Troops falling into each other can be a common sight when you're 
>dropping a batallion (or larger) formation.  What's scary is when
>the pilots fly a "descending trail formation" where each suceeding
>aircraft is at a lower altitude than the one it's following.  Have
>you ever seen hamburger fall from the sky?

Ummm, some of those lighter guys catch the updrafts and drift
above the formation. Not a very fun sight from within the cockpit
too! Common experience with gravity is that things are
accellerated earthward.
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       Dan Flak - McCaw Cellular Communications Inc., 201 Elliot Ave W.,
    Suite 105, Seattle, Wa 98119, 206-286-4355, (usenet: thebes!mcgp1!flak)