Airdrop

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These pics are supposed to be of ransom being dropped to pirates holding an oil tanker. Interesting that they used a square canopy. I wonder if it's steerable by radio control:

http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/0,4644,6232,00.html

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
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GPS

http://www.armedforces-int.com/categories/gps-guided-parachutes/gps-guided-parachutes.asp

"User assumes all risk"

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These pics are supposed to be of ransom being dropped to pirates holding an oil tanker. Interesting that they used a square canopy. I wonder if it's steerable by radio control:

http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/0,4644,6232,00.html

That system could put tandem masters out of business.... !!!!!

Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo".
- Ruben Blades, "Adan Garcia"

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That system could put tandem masters out of business.... !!!!!

HA!

900 sq ft canopy, serious big boy rig.

How about this for a tandem?

http://cerberus-international.com/images/Military-Training/MTTB-Freefall.jpg

"User assumes all risk"

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The GPS coordinates are entered in the AGU. The course can be changed on the ground.

And, the flare is more consistent than some TMs I've seen!

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Grrr....rewarding criminals. Yeah, that will teach them not do do it again.
They are lucky I wasn't the one to fill the cargo container.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[Gene03 0]

What? No cold milk and warm cookies for them?

From the follow up to this story, Maybe all that cash was a little bit too heavy and just capsized their boat.

“The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him.

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966)