I've been waiting for that one to come up, stretch out some cable, Naww, forget
it... High maintenance on the salt....
Mike M.
landspeedracer wrote:
> Chuck
>
> Now this would be an eye popper.
>
> John
>
> >
> > If we can stop a 175,000 Lb. aircraft going 140 MPH on a 3500 foot
> > airstrip we oughto be able to stop a 4000 Lb. streamliner going 400 MPH.
> > It'd certainly be a good emergency stopping measure, and if it works well
> > it could add a measure of safety to every streamliner run. Guys like Dave
> > and Mayf would have to work out the technical aspects of such a system
> {snip}
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