"Gord Beaman" wrote in message
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| isme (NimBill) wrote:
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| To me the scariest Herc film is a Herc picking up a downed flier at sea
via the
| use of a balloon put up by the downed flier. I truly think I would rather
take
| my chances in the water than get jerked into the air at the end of a long
| cable.
|
|
| I don't think -I- would...the North Atlantic in winter isn't my
| idea of a fun place.
|
| Getting jerked out of the air by a medium length cable is scary enough.
|
|
| I understand that that's not very stressful at all...I saw it
| demo'd once, didn't look very vigorous, I believe they use nylon
| rope which is quite 'stretchy' and delivers a smooth acceleration
| to the 'victim'
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|
| -Gord.
| (use gordon in email)




'sfunny, I was at a supplier's office today talking about the very same
thing. We decided that it would be the ideal treatment for someone
who's just compressed a few vertibra during an ejection. At
least you'd be the same height as you were when you took off (your knuckles
wouldn't ever be the same colour again)





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Cheers


Dave Kearton