A bird? A plane? It's a bulldozer

The John Deere 450 Bulldozer was airdropped as part of a trial to certify it as a suitable aerial delivery by an Air Force transport aircraft / Pic: Brad Hunter Source: The Daily Telegraph

DROPPING a 10-tonne bulldozer from the back of an aeroplane is easy. Getting it to land in one piece is the real challenge.

Five 30m descent parachutes eased a John Deere bulldozer safely to the ground at Londonderry, in Sydney's west, yesterday after it was dropped from the back of a low-flying Hercules by the RAAF.

The plane was just 350m above the ground as the huge payload was pulled backwards out of the cargo bay as a trial to certify the bulldozer as being suitable for aerial delivery.

The bulldozer, which has been specially designed by Defence to handle the stresses involved in airdrop delivery, will be used to clear areas, repair runways, and prepare drop zones where road access is impossible.

Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang

A bird? A plane? It's a bulldozer

Dengan url

http://gosipesbuk.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-bird-plane-its-bulldozer.html

Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya

A bird? A plane? It's a bulldozer

namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link

A bird? A plane? It's a bulldozer

sebagai sumbernya

Gosip Pesbuk