NON-STOP TRUCK DELIVERY.—A truck is delivered from a 100-mile-an-hour jet cargo plane in a test at Wilmington, Delaware, in which the vehicle is pulled from the aircraft by a cable and dropped on a runway. The All American Engineering Company, which conducted the test, said it was the first time a truck was landed without a protective pallet under the vehicle’s wheels. The truck was driven off under its own power.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30291, 18 November 1963, Page 15
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71NON-STOP TRUCK DELIVERY.—A truck is delivered from a 100-mile-an-hour jet cargo plane in a test at Wilmington, Delaware, in which the vehicle is pulled from the aircraft by a cable and dropped on a runway. The All American Engineering Company, which conducted the test, said it was the first time a truck was landed without a protective pallet under the vehicle’s wheels. The truck was driven off under its own power. Press, Volume CII, Issue 30291, 18 November 1963, Page 15
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