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pitchlock · 04-19-07, 09:04 PM

I tested this program. We droped hundreds of these bouys and they all schattered on impact. Not one of them survived the deployment on the ice. It was droped from a P-3C Orion aircraft.

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04-19-07, 09:04 PM	#12
pitchlock Swabbie Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 7 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I tested this program. We droped hundreds of these bouys and they all schattered on impact. Not one of them survived the deployment on the ice. It was droped from a P-3C Orion aircraft. Fly Navy P-3 Flight Engineer