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Cheers TA, I hadn't seen a kit of the Antonov.

Christies original lunacy covered here

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Old November 25th, 2006, 01:11 PM
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Thanks Adam. [img]graemlins/salute.gif[/img] I was looking for a picture of the Japanese version but could not find one and noticed the US had a version also but I did not look for the picture.
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Reminds me of underwater/above water planes that were chatted about in decades past.
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How do you drop a tank glider from the sky?
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How do you drop a tank glider from the sky?
I'd have thought dropping it was the easy part, "not so much fall as, plummet" , getting it up there however...
Check the article above for the theory, I'm much less clear on the actual practice as demostrated on the Antonov.
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</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by kerem:
How do you drop a tank glider from the sky?
I'd have thought dropping it was the easy part, "not so much fall as, plummet" , getting it up there however...
</font>[/quote]Hehe, I meant that.
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