Air Deliveries
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Air Deliveries
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Air Deliveries
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AIR DELIVERIES and pickups that can be made while the plane circles overhead are proposed by Verne R. Anderson, of Tucson, Ariz. A streamlined gondola is let down from the plane by a cable. As the length of the cable increases, the gondola tends to describe a diminishing circle at a progressively slower speed. When it is close to the ground it automatically lets out a small cable at the end of which is a rubberlike weight. Coming into contact with the ground, the weight acts as a drag, which further slows down the movement of the gondola and enables the ground crew to haul it down to earth by the small cable. After it is loaded—or unloaded, as the case may be—the gondola is released and pulled up by the plane, which then proceeds to its next destination.
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Lingua
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eng
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Copertura temporale
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World War II
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Data di rilascio
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1943-06
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pagine
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107
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Diritti
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Public Domain (Google digitized)
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Archived by
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Alberto Bordignon
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