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Old 17-01-06, 06:22
Lang Lang is offline
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The "rope" around the front axle of the Model T airfield fire truck is actually rubber bungee cord (like cloth covered speargun rubber or the equivilent thickness of hundreds of bundled rubber bands) as used in the undercarriage suspension of all aircraft of this period.

I think they would have been quite effective as rebound shock absorbers over rough ground on high speed rescues of crashed planes.

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