Ditching Skyhook?

[Harry]

I’m not sure whether I’d be able to control any of my bodily functions if I ever tried a real skyhook. Fortunately, that’s never going to happen. Unless I am in a dinghy with James Bond.

 

[CatmanV2]

This is real skyhook:

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The Skyhook: How Humans Are Plucked From the Ground

An aircraft intercepts a line connecting a person and a balloon, and they are lifted in the air from the ground. This is how it started.

medium.com

Skyhook: Ground to Plane Rescue in Minutes - TheAvGeeks

Ground to Plane Rescue - Skyhook Aerial Retrieval System - CIA

theavgeeks.com

Seems pretty straightforward.

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Very very cool. I remember when it came up in a movie (several I think) and I Googled it.

You must have huge cojones, or be in real danger.

C