Slingshot and tennis balls shoot snow, ice off Army blimp

Wednesday, February 18, 2015 - 07:30 in Earth & Climate

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.

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