The Terrifying Fulton 'Skyhook' | Fascinating Horror Shorts

For several decades, military personnel were sometimes extracted from warzones using a terrifying "skyhook"...

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[overlookers]

"I have to go now. My planet needs me-"

[vustvaleo]

proof that Metal Gear Solid's absurd stuff has a real life basis, now the US Navy needs to reveal their giant walking mech.

[williammueller]

If only the creator of the Walkie Talkie had named it, it could've been the Yankee Janky

[LighthouseCape]

MGS abductio...I mean, "recruitment" intensifies.

[dbrokensoul]

> Knock enemy soldier unconscious
> Tied them to a balloon
> wait for the retrieval plane to come
> Soldier got yoink'd
> You get more soldiers!

Thank you MGS

[bombski]

I remember seeing a documentary segment on this year's ago. futon's son said he was watching the bond film thunderball in the cinema. At the end of the film bond is picked up by the sky hook. A man behind him remarked that it was rubbish and total fantasy that someone could be picked up by the sky hook. Funny thing is that it was about the only authentic thing about the film.

[aurea.]

That's the most brutal yet also hilarious yoink I've ever seen

[exodous]

Man, at first it looked like a sling-shot, like they were being launched AT the hook. I was like 'holy crap'. It was like the gnomes in Dragon Lance.

[ModularKnight]

"You're gonna extract HIM, Boss?"

[romanempire]

Batman has also used it. As well as popularized by MGS

[megakristof]

Oh THAT'S what is happening in MGS5!

[Olhado]

The absolute best way to escape an awkward conversation

[sleepingbee]

If it’s good enough for Batman, it’s good enough for me.

[EngrPalits]

This features in the movie Dark Knight where batman captures lau from hong kong back to gotham

[BunkerFox]

I know a lot of people will know this from MGSV, but it was also in MGS3 as how he was picked up from the "Virtuous Mission", the first mission that goes wrong.

[tad]

Thinking about the physics and engineering of this, it would have been possible to manage the g-shock and g-force of the pickup by using essentially the same tech we use today in fall arrest harnesses.

[SteedRuckus]

idc how relatively "safe" it might be, unless I'm bleeding out, leave me tf outta the Yeet Seat 3000

[SnakeHiggins]

I came to this comment section with the expectation that nearly 3/4 of the comments would be Metal Gear references...and you nerdy epic amazing people never disappoint me!

[__-jttv]

A good introduction!

Though, you missed this beautiful statement about the system's testing in the Wiki

"After experiments with instrumented dummies, Fulton continued to experiment with live pigs, as pigs have a nervous system close to humans.
Lifted off the ground, the pig began to spin as it flew through the air at 125 miles per hour (200 km/h). It arrived on board uninjured, but in a disoriented state. When it recovered, it attacked the crew."

I don't know about you, but if I was spun through the air at 125mph I might be a little tetchy after...

[heather]

Now I know why my father (who served in the RCAF from 48-58, used to say "How are you getting up there, by skyhook? He was a pilot and I thought he was just being silly.