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The "Winged parachute" is being tested
London, United Kingdom - Propulsion wings and soaring descent
The first "Winged parachute" has already made its first experimental low flights and it will have its first real test next week in Eisenach, Eastern Germany. It is a system using a pair of propulsion wings, which are put on the paratrooper allowing him to fly up to 220 km/h speed and reach a target up to more than a 200 km distance. When the "Pilot" decides it, he pushes a button that separates wings...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 142308
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency