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By: Myles

I get a kick out of the angle of attack of the landing airplane. Landing into a wind that gets faster (as you get closer to the source) while you are slowing down is going to be intereting. You would...

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By: Myles

I would also be a little concerned with taking off at a 50 degree climb based on artificial wind that is going to peter out in two seconds. Stalling a plane near the ground or a building can be bad.

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By: Baron Waste

You know, you can make a system foolproof, but you cannot make it proof against fools. Runways have overshoots. What does this have, for the pilot coming in too fast? High-speed rotating blades,...

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By: Eliyahu

And don’t forget that it has a steel grid ready to dice the runaway plane into small square pieces ready to be carted away, much like the french-fry potato makers we had in the 1960s…

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