Aerial bombardment to reforest the earth

[Marengo]

Forests are to be created by dropping millions of trees out of aircraft. Equipment installed in the huge C-130 transport aircraft used by the military for laying carpets of landmines across combat zones has been adapted to deposit the trees in remote areas including parts of Scotland. An idea, originally from a former RAF pilot, Jack Walters, of Bridgnorth, Shropshire, has been developed by the US manufacturer Lockheed Martin Aerospace so that 900,000 young trees can be planted in a day

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/1999/sep/02/paulbrown

Great idea, hope to see it in operation soon.

[LiberalEsto]

1. As long as they drop 'em roots first nt

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. "As God is my witness, I thought trees could fly"

[postulater]

3. That was eleven years ago. Wonder if they have done anything about it.

[Marengo]

4. Ha! I didn't notice the date

I'll see if I can find some current info on this project.

[Motown_Johnny]

5. my bet is they killed many many trees. it won't work

I do landscaping for a living and I can tell you that trees don't like being moved, it is very unnatural for them


you need to be gentle with them and bouncing them or dropping them even a few inches can be enough to shock them and possibly kill them


dropping them from aircraft the way that was intended was insane from the start

give them each a biodegradable parachute and "pillow" to soften the blow and maybe some of them will live, maybe