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ksimboy, Dougie et al,

I knew someone would know of the Canadian Tube. ISTR being on a Det to Souda Bay when they were trying a steerable version of the beast. The steering being controlled by one of the accompanying troopers through a wired up glove, with the thumb having the "circuit" and the four fingers contacts for forward, back, left and right. It seemed to work well during the daytime, we didn't try a night drop. I'm sure it must have been a "hairy HALO" trying to formate on the tube, steer it after chute deployment, and control your own rig. Great photograph Doug, as it's a J, are they still using the Canadian Tube ? Apologies if you have already answered this, I was only a GE and never understood acronyms.

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