"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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They also did some other tests with the C-130 and backwards JATOs.
There's a video of one of their attempts.

It shows the C-130 on final, then they fire the rockets. A bit
too early, as it turns out - the plane comes to a complete halt
when still around 50 feet in the air, and predictably, falls out
the sky.

Here's that video, Dylan:

http://alexisparkinn.com/photogaller...%20Landing.mpg

It's a remarkable display of altitude misjudgment...

:-)
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Jay Honeck


The line between a good landing and ripping the damn wings off the thing is
not that much different!

Kind of reminds me of my first solo night landing, I can't believe I didn't
bend the landing gear!

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DW