Fulton surface-to-air recovery system: United States Air Force, United States Navy, Lockheed MC-130, Robert Edison Fulton, Jr., Central Intelligence ... Patrol Insertion/Extraction, Weather balloon - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 6130685483 ISBN 13: 9786130685485

Verlag: Alphascript Publishing, 2010

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.The Fulton surface-to-air recovery system (STARS) is a system used by the United States Air Force and United States Navy for retrieving persons on the ground from a MC-130E Combat Talon I aircraft. It involves using an overall-type harness and a self-inflating balloon which carries an attached lift line. An MC-130E 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 retrievals. This system was developed by inventor Robert Edison Fulton, Jr. for the Central Intelligence Agency in the early 1950s. It was an evolution from a similar system that was used during World War II by American and British forces. The earlier system did not use a balloon, but had a pair of poles that were set in the ground on either side of the person to be retrieved, with a line running from the top of one pole to the other. An aircraft, usually a C-47 Skytrain, would trail a grappling hook and engage the line, which was attached to the person to be retrieved.

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• Verlag: Alphascript Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 6130685483
• ISBN 13: 9786130685485
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 252
• Herausgeber: Miller Frederic P., Vandome Agnes F., McBrewster John