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Nope Nope Nope (Ground to air rescue fly by using skyhook to pick up people) (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Nov 2022
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Sneederbunk
(14,292 posts)1. Known as the Wiley E. Coyote procedure.
sop
(10,205 posts)2. Sort of like skydiving in reverse.
underpants
(182,835 posts)3. That a lot of sphincter tightening right there
😳
SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)4. but the only other option
might be to be left behind somewhere where you can't or won' survive.
If they had this at the State Fair I bet a lot of people would pay to do it.
snot
(10,530 posts)5. I don't get it.
How would the rescue-ee get the cord attached to himself if the plane weren't on the ground? If it's already on the ground, why not just board it? Or did we miss the part where the cord dangled through the air from the plane flying above, while the rescue-ee ran around trying to grab the end?
LudwigPastorius
(9,155 posts)6. "Hey guys, you forgot my spleen."