How to get a truck off a moving plane

In what was believed to be the first of its kind in New Zealand, the New Zealand Army and Royal New Zealand Air Force combined to drop an army truck from a Hercules aircraft from a height of about 230 metres (750 feet).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVAX6WcEg90

 

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  1. Chris

    But that was just a teeny-weeny Pinzgauer; I look forward to watching Scout-SV do the same out the back of C-17.

  2. Rocco

    First drop for a Pinzgaur. Plenty of experience with heavy load drops with other types (there’s an especially bent and dented Series 3 lanndrover that got frequently abused for the purpose at one of the air bases).

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