Clearly the Lucas parachute is designed to open on impact. It has to be up
there in the useless invention list with the inertia reel necktie, non-stick
tyres, the chocolate mantleshelf and the cordless kite.
Dave H.
> To see what resulted from the use of the Lucas parachute
> http://hometown.aol.com/dondavis/myhomepage/personal.html
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>
> Is it a B?
>
>
> Scott >>
>
> It was a B. It also was to be the star of an expensive TV commercial,
> sliding out the rear cargo ramp of a transport aircraft, then floating
gently
> to earth under huge cargo parachutes. Clearly, all that didn't happen.
> Probably hard to get too many parts out of that thing.
>
> Jay Donoghue
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