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Old 01-16-2011, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by David198502 View Post
hey guys!this is maybe a bit off topic and a stupid question,but i dont want to open a new thread because this is certainly answered in one sentence. i always wondered for which reason the balloons are for?what do they do??you are all encouraged to laugh about that lack of knowledge.and excuse my bad english.
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Some worked like this and some had a fixed cable which dragged the plane down.

This lead to some interesting German experiments in cable cutting!

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