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Old 02-27-2012, 09:28 AM   #5800
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Originally Posted by orlok View Post
Well I think it might be my go (answer to Albatross question...), before I was so rudely interrupted by Daithi .

Here are three circumlocutions used by the US Army. Can you tell me what items they refer to?

1. Frame supported tension structure
2. Hexaform compression unit
3. Aerodynamic personnel decelerator
1. a spring of some kind? perhaps in a bedstead?
2. nut. (as in nut and bolt)
3. parachute
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