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Adrian B

21st April 2016, 10:47 AM

I always wondered how they did this?

Source Herald Sun - How advertising planes pick up their banners (http://www.heraldsun.com.au/video/id-1xb215MjE6OFsom5qVBJ-Ced3fTqfeh9/How-Advertising-Planes-Pick-Up-Their-Banners-)

Grahame Hutchison

21st April 2016, 10:27 PM

I saw this happen for real right in front of me.

In 1969 I had to take a Cessna 172 out to Hoxton Park and back from Bankstown. On the return leg, I was holding for an arriving aircraft, and only realised what they were up to when the banner shot into the sky - amazing sight from close up, the banner accelerated so quickly.