The Fulton Skyhook

From JunkWorthKnowing.com

During the 1950's, the Coldwar between the US and the Soviets was well underway. Much of the "battle" was taking place in the Arctic, with both countries monitoring the area for activity of each others planes and submarines. Operating in the Arctic posed unique problems for the US when it came to moving soldiers in and out. Ships could not be depended on to break through the ice, aircraft runways were hard to maintain, and the area was beyond the range of helicopters. The CIA enlisted the help of a creative inventor, who had a strangely unique solution: the skyhook.

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[godboy114]

like from the dark night lol

[youshowghey]

dude, imagine the g-forces, watch where you step, you might stomp on your nuts

[iforgotmyname101]

0:00 <-- free replay button : )

[MrQueenie]

Bond may have been first but I don't think anyone actually went on Youtube to check this out after seeing Thunderball. Or in fact, they couldn't.

[TheDemonicswordsman]

Oh my god! I hope that Guy had S ranked R&D skill...

[SpareNoTime]

The G forces were only up to 3g max as the line was not static.

[iamgig9876]

im batman!

[ZeroZiat]

*knee

[DeadLemonz]

@godboy114 More like from James Bond.

[jumpbox3]

Sorry guys Bond did it before bats, I'd bet money that Nolan got the idea from thunderball.

[EarthAlien51]

Batman brought me here^^

[mattjones16]

@youshowghey "The first human pickup using Fulton's STARS took place on 12 August 1958, when Staff Sergeant Levi W. Woods, USMC, was winched on board the P2V. Because of the geometry involved, the person being picked up experienced less of a shock than during a parachute opening. After the initial contact, which was described by one individual as similar to "a kick in the pants," the person rose vertically at a slow rate to about 100 feet, then began to streamline behind the aircraft."-Wikipedia