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Corona used a C-130 system as well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-air_retrieval#/media/File:Corona_recovery_sequence.PNG http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-ai
by chiph 12y ago
Corona used a C-130 system as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-air_retrieval#/media/File:Corona_recovery_sequence.PNG http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-air_retrieval#/media/File:C...
Thinking about it, it might be a weight constraint to cause them to use a helicopter. The sudden capture of an object weighing a few thousand pounds by a plane flying 350 mph could be too dangerous.
- JshWright 12y agoThe major difference between Corona and Fulton is that Fulton is not mid-air (and therefore involves the thing being retrieved getting a saltwater bath).
- astrodust 12y agoThere are some pretty big helicopters out there that wouldn't blink at picking up a load like this. The Chinook is used for cargo transport quite frequently: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_CH-47_Chinook http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_CH-47_Chinook