SKYHOOK/STARS - (CIA) The Fulton
Surface
To
Air
Recovery
Systems (STARS), nicknamed SKYHOOK, invented by Robert Fulton, Jnr, compromises a harness linked to a balloon by a line. Once inflated, the balloon serves as a marker for the recovery aircraft, specially modified with a V-shaped yoke to snare the line. Made famous by the James Bond film
Thunderball. See Operation COLDFEET.
ABOVE: The Fulton SKYHOOK/STARS system
ABOVE: B-17G Fortress used in James Bond film Thunderball and Operation COLDFEET
BELOW: Instruction cards for the system emphasise careful over fast.
To Download a copy of the Fulton STARS manual, click this link;
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