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Goodyear Inflatobird

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jtrealty said:
Recently saw how Goodyear invented an inflatable plane to rescue downed flyers. Ingenious but dangerous. Was stopped after one crashed and killed the pilot. Even the wings were inflated into rigid structures.
David Teitelbaum
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Oh, it wasn't as bad as all that. They built more than one, and it flew quite a lot.

[video=youtube;gMXfyV_nJSI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMXfyV_nJSI[/video]

Lots of really great footage in this second video - including the amphib model with hydro-ski!

[video=youtube;ZjUxlfMbdhs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjUxlfMbdhs[/video]
 
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