Aerial Hitchhiking by Sky Hook in World War 2 -1943

Need to get somewhere in a hurry, but you can't take get to an airport on time? Call for a Sky Hook. The British began using a system like this to retrieve mail in remote locations in the 1920s. As in this film, a line was stretched between two poles that would be snagged by an approaching airplane. The line was connected to a cargo sack, which was winched up into a plane.
The U.S Army Air Force wanted a way to rescue airmen from remote locations during World War 2 and & began trials of their own. After a number of tests using sheep, the system was perfected and first human volunteer was successfully extracted by an aircraft from the ground on September 5, 1943, immortalized in this film. It was then used successfully during World War 2 and after - even for retrieving Gliders!
Inventor Robert perfected the system in the 1950s working with the CIA & Air Force, using a weather balloon, nylon line & harness that could be dropped anywhere. The aircraft would snag the line below the balloon and bring up the passenger. This advanced system was christened "Sky Hook."

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