Bond conundrum

[mostlyacat]

So you are James Bond and you have just saved the world again at the end of Thunderball. You are lying on a life raft with the gorgeous woman you have just saved from a cruel fate. You inflate a helium balloon at the end of a long rope and attach the rope to a harness on your wetsuit. A large airforce plane with a specially adapted nose flies over

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[mostlyacat]

Ingenious. ;-)

I found this:
http://www.junkworthknowing.com/technology/fulton_skyhook
Apparently it's called the Fulton Skyhook. There's a winch to get them into the plane. They should use this to replace airports... ;-)

[james_r]

I spent some time reading about this a few months ago, but it looks like you've already found it :-)

[mostlyacat]

Yay for crazy engineering. :-)

[downybearded1]

I was going to say that maybe a man leans out of a door with a hook on a really long stick and catches their cord before pulling them in?

[mostlyacat]

I like the thought of the first planning meeting where the guy first put forward his idea.

"So you pick people up on this long rope!"

Then someone asks: "What then?"

"Oh I hadn't thought of that..."

[ashfae]

Icon love! =)

[oneplusme]

The pilot merely has to lean out of the window and utter the magic words: "Before I kill you, Mr. Bond..."

After that, his survival is inevitable.

[ashfae]

So true!

[mostlyacat]

Hehe yes. :-)

[ashfae]

Don't worry, the special effects guys will come to the rescue!

[yvesilena]

:D I reckon a VTOL plane landing very slowly could just put them on the ground - albeit somewhat ruffled... Or a splashdown in the water might be okay.