To: PrivateIdaho
a skyhook:
Dropzone: Skyhook 5 The first complete web site featuring the Dropzone: Skyhook 5 parafoils. ... PRESS RELEASE ON SKYHOOK 5 Landing planes with ballistic parachutes and parafoils. ... Description: Experimental emergency system deploys parafoils to land endangered aircraft.
skyhook
just another reference
11,013 posted on
01/16/2004 9:46:42 AM PST by
knak
(wasknaknowknid)
To: knak
Upthread, there was also a link to a helicopter with a long cutter on it...can't recall much about it, but it was used sometimes to cut tree branches away from wires, etc. I guess it could look like a "skyhook."
11,018 posted on
01/16/2004 9:58:06 AM PST by
hummingbird
("If it wasn't for the insomnia, I could have gotten some sleep!")
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