tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post3016824843496781139..comments2024-02-28T20:56:23.768-06:00Comments on Sipsey Street Irregulars: "The ‘Snatch Method’ Was One Crazy Way to Make a Glider Fly"Dutchman6http://www.blogger.com/profile/09935420042995679958noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-15494376517492504522015-08-30T07:21:00.244-05:002015-08-30T07:21:00.244-05:00@Jerry The Geek: What was used in the movie "...@Jerry The Geek: What was used in the movie "The Green Berets" to extract the NVA officer at the end of the movie was called the "Fulton Extraction System". It is also known as the Fulton Recovery System. <br /><br />Here's a link to a video https://youtu.be/UsTIeZ03Hk8<br /><br />I would pay a lot of money to ride it just one time!Galaxie_Mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-79621889780647598532015-08-29T20:40:30.853-05:002015-08-29T20:40:30.853-05:00Oh! John Wayne demonstrated the balloon-snatch i...Oh! John Wayne demonstrated the balloon-snatch in his movie "Green Berets".Jerry The Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181610016755426448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-48604168454923174712015-08-29T12:27:00.258-05:002015-08-29T12:27:00.258-05:00glider snatches?
even for an old sailor, that sou...glider snatches?<br /><br />even for an old sailor, that sounds dirty!Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18113393195056382332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-85941161288610994212015-08-29T11:09:43.521-05:002015-08-29T11:09:43.521-05:00I've seen videos of a similar technique used f...I've seen videos of a similar technique used for retrieving downed airmen. It involved sending up a balloon attached to a sturdy harness by a long stretchy cable. The "snatching" aircraft captured the balloon/cable in a v-shaped structure on it's nose similar to that used to capture film canisters dropped from the early spy satellites. Think "glider snatch" without the glider.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-20519274448493648172015-08-29T09:32:50.983-05:002015-08-29T09:32:50.983-05:00A Glider snatch is for women, balloon snatches(if ...A Glider snatch is for women, balloon snatches(if your riding the wind) are for those with balls. Search C-130 STARS Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com