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Old 19th Sep 2014, 15:51
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You could deliver at the end of a cable whilst circling -as mail/delivery pilots used to do.

Bucket Drop Delivery

Cable-Supported Sliding Payload Deployment from a Circling Fixed-Wing Aircraft

Hmm. We had a thread about this back in 2006...
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