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I would swear I've seen a movie with this plot (not a recent one), but I don't see it mentioned on the Wikipedia page. Anyone know the movie name, or am I wrong
by Fnoord 7y ago
I would swear I've seen a movie with this plot (not a recent one), but I don't see it mentioned on the Wikipedia page. Anyone know the movie name, or am I wrong?
- __ryan__ 7y agoThe Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008) uses the surface to air system used in this operation as a plot device, I believe.
- brox 7y agoYou may be thinking of Ice Station Zebra (1968). The Wikipedia page mentions Project COLDFEET as one of the inspirations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Station_Zebra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Station_Zebra
- joosters 7y agoThe related wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulton_surface-to-air_recovery_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulton_surface-to-air_recovery... mentions use of the recovery system in Thunderball, The Green Berets, and The Dark Knight.
- trymas 7y agoPersonally this article turned out to be more interesting for me than the original post. I've seriously thought that it existed only as a movie effect and not in real life.
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- AnimalMuppet 7y agoI read (and can't recall the source) that, when they tested this system, they first tried it on a pig. But the pig couldn't use arms and legs to stabilize itself, and so it spun while being winched into the plane. It entered the plane in a disoriented state. When it recovered (?) from that, it attacked the crew. Good times... ;-)
- joosters 7y agoFrom https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/95unclass/Leary.html https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intellig... : Lifted off the ground, the pig began to spin as it flew through the air at 125 mph. It arrived on board undamaged but in a disoriented state. Once it recovered, it attacked the crew.
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoYes, that was it.