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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Aircraft brake/drag chutes
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Date: 6 Feb 91 02:57:39 GMT
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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
>From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
>... There are some
>cases, like the drag chutes on Norwegian F-16s, where it is mostly meant
>for severe situations like badly-iced-up runways.

I have to amend this slightly:  turns out the Norwegians also use the chute
for operations into unusually short runways.
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