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Paul Pless
10-23-2005, 05:33 PM
Just saw this on the History Channel

today's adrenaline junkies got nothing on these guys

Its a way to recover a person on the ground by an airplane. The person puts on a harness, which is attached to a balloon which strecthes a cable a few hundred feet into the air. A low flying aircraft then snags the cable and then hauls the individual up into the airplane.

http://ngothelinh3.tripod.com/t_SkyHook2.jpg

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:TFARvs9svWAJ:ngothelinh5.tripod.com/npt/t_SkyHook5.jpg

notice dude is not wearing a parachute or even a helmet

bet you that's a real rush

[ 10-23-2005, 06:45 PM: Message edited by: Paul Pless ]
Paul Pless
10-23-2005, 05:34 PM
what happened to my pictures :(
Paul Pless
10-23-2005, 05:42 PM
http://www.flightjournal.com/images/articles/skyhook/skyhook_02.jpg
P.I. Stazzer-Newt
10-23-2005, 05:45 PM
That thing appears in one of the James Bond movies with Sean Connery. - Different plane though.

[ 10-23-2005, 06:45 PM: Message edited by: P.I. Stazzer-Newt ]
cs
10-23-2005, 06:02 PM
You also see that extraction technique in "The Green Berets" starring John Wayne.

Chad
formerlyknownasprince
10-23-2005, 06:08 PM
Betcha its a bitch climbing around the side and trying to get the door open :D
Paul Pless
10-23-2005, 06:14 PM
the very first guy to test it said, "Its like getting kicked in the a$$." :D
paladin
10-23-2005, 07:18 PM
Yup...used in 'nam to get downed pilots home....