That was all part of the same adventure.
their first attempt at dropping it simply cratered the
desert floor.
The second attempt ...went as planned.
Paul Tegler wizardz@toad.net http://www.teglerizer.com
OBie - '73 BGT - daily driver
http://www.teglerizer.com/mgstuff/ob_description.htm
Punkin' - '78 Spitfire - corner ripping screamer
http://www.teglerizer.com/triumphstuff/spit78.htm
Lil' Greenee - '73 RWA Midget - lady killer
http://www.teglerizer.com/midgetstuff/index.html
-----Original Message-----
From: ATWEDITOR@aol.com <ATWEDITOR@aol.com>
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, January 27, 2000 4:14 PM
Subject: Re: Parachuting MGB/splat!
This reminds me of the story I read years ago about MG trying to film an ad
just like this one. They had a problem, though. When the car went out of
the back of the cargo aircraft the pilot-chute deployed well, stabilizing the
pallet right-side up. However, the mains never popped, so the car hit, dead
flat, at whatever speed an MG attains at terminal velocity. The car was the
flattest MG ever.
Jay Donoghue
72 MGB
66 Mustang
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