Swedish aircraft drops Teddy bear paratroopers on Minsk
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Swedish aircraft drops Teddy bear paratroopers on Minsk
Hundreds of Teddy bears dropped in a stunt by a Swedish advertisement agency. Flying from Lithuania to Minks and back for over 1h 20min in Belarus airspace undetected does no credit to their air defence.
Lucky they did not get shot down. A bit risky me thinks, that is, if they really did it.
Attached links:
Swedes launch teddy bear 'assault' on Belarus - The Local
Swedish PR firm's pro-democracy teddy bear drop on Belarus - The Local
Link to the website of the ad-agency
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Lucky they did not get shot down. A bit risky me thinks, that is, if they really did it.
Attached links:
Swedes launch teddy bear 'assault' on Belarus - The Local
Swedish PR firm's pro-democracy teddy bear drop on Belarus - The Local
Link to the website of the ad-agency
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Great, written in English and Belarusian, when the majority of the populace speaks Russian.
Also, "the wider Minsk metropolitan area" means nothing - they've likely been dumped in a field somewhere.
Haven't heard anything from my wife's side of things either (Belarusian wife with lots of friends in Minsk)
Also, "the wider Minsk metropolitan area" means nothing - they've likely been dumped in a field somewhere.
Haven't heard anything from my wife's side of things either (Belarusian wife with lots of friends in Minsk)
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No, seriously, this could catch on.
Iran ... China ... North Korea ... Opportunities out there for the intrepid aviator.
And Teddy Bears don't scream when tortured ...
I'm all for it.
Iran ... China ... North Korea ... Opportunities out there for the intrepid aviator.
And Teddy Bears don't scream when tortured ...
I'm all for it.
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BackPacker you are correct, however the aircraft is not a DR400 as it has a tailwheel.
It may be possible to hold the lift up doors on a Jodel or DR250 etc. to allow the bears out?
It may be possible to hold the lift up doors on a Jodel or DR250 etc. to allow the bears out?
Possibly irrelevant information:
The Edambusters drop mini Edam cheeses from the airbrakes of Jodel DR1050s in the Netherlands.
Dornoch (Scotland)is the only airfield I know which has a sign warning that it is illegal to drop teddy bears from aircraft.
The Edambusters drop mini Edam cheeses from the airbrakes of Jodel DR1050s in the Netherlands.
Dornoch (Scotland)is the only airfield I know which has a sign warning that it is illegal to drop teddy bears from aircraft.
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At least these teddies had parachutes! Not so unfortunate Turkeys in Arkansas.
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Bump; Belarus teddybears
I'm still not certain,
did this air intrusion / civil disobedience really take place ?
Link to english translated local news, with onboard video published;
Teddy bears assault. Full video of flight - Charter'97 :: News from Belarus - Belarusian News - Republic of Belarus - Minsk
did this air intrusion / civil disobedience really take place ?
Link to english translated local news, with onboard video published;
Teddy bears assault. Full video of flight - Charter'97 :: News from Belarus - Belarusian News - Republic of Belarus - Minsk
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going to court
According to major swedish newspaper,
Nallebombning ska utredas i Sverige | Inrikes | SvD
the source-country of the supposedly intrusion-flight with destination Minsk (i.e. Lithuania) has requested the matter with PR-firm "Studio Total" brought to Justice. So maybe we'll soon know if the teddybear-dropping actually occured as Swedish legal system has picked up investigation work...
Nallebombning ska utredas i Sverige | Inrikes | SvD
the source-country of the supposedly intrusion-flight with destination Minsk (i.e. Lithuania) has requested the matter with PR-firm "Studio Total" brought to Justice. So maybe we'll soon know if the teddybear-dropping actually occured as Swedish legal system has picked up investigation work...
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You gotta be careful doing stuff like this, I remember many years ago a group in Miami called Hermanos al Rescate (Brothers To The Rescue) an anti Castro group used to fly Cessna 337's over Havana dropping leaflets, it all ended in tears.
