A short video clip showing the use of the Fulton Recovery System by C-130 Hercules aircraft at Edwards AFB in 1966 and at Phang Rang AB in 1968.
The Fulton surface-to-air recovery system is a system used by the United States Air Force and United States Navy for retrieving persons on the ground from a C-130 Hercules aircraft. It involves using an overall-type harness and a self-inflating balloon which carries an attached lift line. An HC-130H engages the line with its V-shaped yoke and the individual is reeled on board. Red flags on the lift line guide the pilot during daylight recoveries; lights on the lift line are used for night recoveries. Recovery kits were designed for one and two-man recoveries
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This is actually, pretty neat. Do they call this a skyhook? *promote
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my15minutesi think they call it a "chew n' screw".
no, wait. that's when i run out of the diner without paying.
antThank you, Dag.
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>> ^my15minutes:
i think they call it a "chew n' screw".
no, wait. that's when i run out of the diner without paying.
When I ran track in high school- we always went to McDonalds after the meet. We called it the "Scarf and Barf"- and it really was.
CrushBugI think they had this at the end of one of the James Bond movies.
snoozedoctorThis brings back great memories for me. Growing up near an Army/Airforce base, on Sunday afternoons my Dad would take me over on base to the "drop zones". There they had bleachers where you could watch mass parachute drops from C-130s, heavy equipment drops, and a few times we got to watch the recovery system in this video.
Back in those days they had the regular old "parachute" canopy, without steering. Inevitably, with the mass drops, guys would float out into the surrounding pine forests. GIs in jeeps would take off thru the woods to try to find them and get them down from the trees. You could see the looks on these guys faces as they realized they were missing the drop zone, "Oh SHIT!"
mysdrialI keep thinking this says "Futon recovery system"...for getting your cheap sofabed back from the ex, I suppose...
my15minutes>> ^dag:
>> ^my15minutes:
turn n' burn!
no. ummm.
smash n' grab?...
dammit. they didn't cover this at basic.
drattusDo they call this a skyhook?
Yeah they do, that's the name I knew it by. I knew it had been around since Nam at least since my stepfather told me about it years ago but according the the following it's older than that. Was a fully developed system by 1958.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulton_surface-to-air_recovery_system
cheesemooHow awesome would that be? I want.
kulpims*wings
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C-BrownellThe guy being picked up off the ground at Phan Rang AB is Sgt Nunnley. 352nd TFS. He & I were good friends and I was there and took some pics of it. He said it was a blast---pulling about 5 g's when first yanked off the ground.
lucky760That's really awesome. Thanks for sharing. (It'd be even better if you could share some of the pics!)
*promote
The guy being picked up off the ground at Phan Rang AB is Sgt Nunnley. 352nd TFS. He & I were good friends and I was there and took some pics of it. He said it was a blast---pulling about 5 g's when first yanked off the ground.
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