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Slingshot and tennis balls shoot snow, ice off Army blimp

Name: Slingshot and tennis balls shoot snow, ice off Army blimp
Uploaded: 2015-02-18T06:02:32-0500
Duration: 1 min 2 s
Description: Watch how the high-tech blimp is maintained by a low-tech slingshot system developed to knock frozen precipitation off the tail fins. Chip Reid reports.

Watch how the high-tech blimp is maintained by a low-tech slingshot system developed to knock frozen precipitation off the tail fins. Chip Reid reports.