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Quite why is a bit of a mystery, although judging by the numbers of booksellers I think that they have probably established a breeding colony there. Somebody get David Attenborough on the phone. He should be able to advise. ![]()
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A crazy rescue from an unknown world...
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Wikipedia fleshes out that great story a little:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945_N...Special_rescue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glider...k-up_technique Trying to figure out how two gliders can be picked up on one trip. Here, too: https://www.npr.org/2011/04/26/13571...-in-shangri-la "...when you have no choice, you have no fear..." |
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They can't, at their altitude the could only fly out a glider with 5 people, then fly one in and fly 5 more people out. They did that three times as explained in minute 7 of the video.
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From the second Wiki link above, about the technique in general:
"The steel wire was then winched in. It was possible for one plane to pick up two gliders in this way, in two passes." |
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Just for laughs.
There was another extraction technique available, from around 1943, as you can see about 20 seconds into this video.
![]() It wouldn't become refined as the Fulton Extraction Technique for another dozen or so years though. Setting up a pick-up zone, as seen at the beginning of the video, was part of my training. A CIA STOL aircraft with hook actually came in to make sure it worked. I've seen an IRL Fulton Extraction. Better them than me. |
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Arial view of an English gent working his garden.
Probably not typical as this garden is the 12,000 acre Warter Priory.
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I liked that vid, thought it was Kansas.
The twin tracked tractor has one humungous muffler. BIG bales of hay. Do-si-do square dance move with the two discers. |
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Those three string bales of straw are probably close to 150 lbs, man my back hurts just thinking about them. I preferred the 65 lb bales you could grab one with each hand to stay balanced.
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Looks more like six string and probably 1000 lbs +.
But there has been a conspiracy over the years between balers and gravity to make them nearly impossible to raise off the ground, leading to stackin' 'em knee-high instead of shoulder. |
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I tried working with those small bales once, unloading the truck at a small farm. After a half hour, I had to quit, because my throat was closing and my skin was breaking out in hives. Allergic.
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I spent an afternoon doing that too. Stacking them on the wagon as the tractor spat them out. Not the best work out there. I prefer being a desk jockey.
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