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Old 18th Jan 2016, 14:24
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Aside from the obvious impracticalities of such a design (I wonder if he's calculated the size of parachutes needed to softly land 50 tons ), how in the world would something like this help during takeoff or landing (when most accidents occur)?

Almost too dumb for words
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