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Small lead breadcrumbs, painted fluorescent green, dropped
every 100m by commercial airliners.
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But the jet was lost over the Pacific Ocean. |
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//But the jet was lost over the Pacific Ocean.// |
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I'd heard it was the English Channel. But no matter -
that's why the breadcrumbs are lead. You don't want
them floating on the surface getting drifted all over
the place. |
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Along the routes of major airways, pretty soon you're going to be knee
deep in them, which won't help. |
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String. Huge roll of hairy sisal string, attached to tailplane. Plane
goes missing - just follow the string*. |
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*If the plane was in a holding pattern for a while, it may be easier to
just look around for a huge ravelled mass of string with bits of plane
poking out here and there. |
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Yes, I considered string. Or probably nylon
monofilament. The problem would be
entanglement in those areas where planes
congregate. |
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However, it would enable the Red Arrows to do some
precision macramé work. |
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Not lead, please. There is already too much in the
environment (shotgun pellets), increasing the
toxicity of things. |
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Also, you want them to be VERY small. Imagine
being the unlucky person whose head one of these
pellets hits, after falling from 10,000 meters of
altitude. |
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// String. Huge roll of hairy sisal string, attached to tailplane. Plane goes missing - just follow the string* |
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Agreed. Good lord I agreed with his Borgnessm what is the world coming to? |
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Alternatively bungee cable, so in the event of engine failure, it would automatically sproinge back the airport. |
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