Re: [MV] Humvees on Discovery channel

From: JEFF HAIN-MATSON (flmv@flmv.net)
Date: Thu Feb 28 2002 - 15:33:35 PST


not the one i have in my back garden!!!
chute failure caused it to go SPLAT!!!!
my tax dollars hard at waste or is that work????

Nigel Hay wrote:

> just caught the last 20 mins of a fascinating documentary on throwing
> Humvess out of what appeared to be perfectly serviceable C17 Loadmasters
> Impressive how they right themselves as the chutes open but they still land
> with a hell of a bang - what is the survival rate of these - do they do
> repeat drops? Nige
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