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Old 20th Nov 2017, 09:26
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TURIN
 
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For all of the keyboard warriors questioning the automatic deflation.

It is a regulatory requirement.

Federal Register :: Airworthiness Criteria: Airship Design Criteria for ...
https://www.federalregister.gov/.../...riteria-for-ze...
While the notice was not a notice of a regulatory change or requirement, the FAA is ... LFLS Section 881 (f) and ADC paragraph 4.43 (f)(g) Emergency Deflation .... if the airship tears apart behind the nose section and departs the mooring mast.
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