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Old 2nd Jul 2014, 21:51
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Chickenlover,

Apart from the height requirement, there must have been an airspeed element to this sort of drop. Could you give us any idea as to what sort of speeds this was done at, and particularly how close to stall speed it was. I managed to see a couple of these loads go, but from inside the freight bay, you had no idea of what was happening outside. I'm sure drop speed must have been close to stall, but as an ex AGE I'm no authority. Smashing picture again.

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