FIRMSCOR ARCHIVES
The following image is a hand drawing of an aerial rescue device, an Air Force Staff Sergeant, serving in southern Spain, casually discussed with AF Special Forces, in September of 1968; when many military personnel requesting rescue in Viet Nam could be seen from aircraft overhead, but rescue was not possible due to the dense foliage.
The Airman contemplated a device with a rubber cable (jokingly refering to it as a gum band), knowing the elasticity index of the cable was an important consideration as was the angle of the lift off. A lighter cable would increase vulnerability of the cable to the factor of air resistance. In order for air resistance to be a major contributing factor, the airman figured the cable had to be a few hundred feet long. The cable portion closest to the aircraft; at speeds near 100 miles per hour, with a potential 15G force, would stretch as air resistance hindered forward motion of the lower portion of the cable. The lower fifty feet of the cable would remain motionless and tension would gradually increase at the lower end of the cable. The target of less than 3Gs and vertical liftoff to 30 to 50 feet could be realized and the rescuee lifted in a tolerable manner straight up into the air.
In January of 1969 he was ordered to report to an officers meeting to sit in for a missing officer. While walking across the field he noticed a 200 pound sand bag with a yellow polyethylene cable connected to it going straight up a few hundred feet, with a dirigible-shaped balloon on the top of it. A C-130 was circling with two cables running from the front of the fuselage to the wing tips and two poles in front of the fuselage separated at the tips by about 40 degrees. The rear cargo door was open and several members of the special forces stood on the edge of the doors. Wanting to observe the test he sat on the ground about 50 feet from the sand bag. The C-130 circled with the front tweasers just underneath the balloon. On contact, the balloon broke away. The sand bag gently lifted straight up over 50 feet. He thought, perfect! He attended the meeting and never heard another word about it.
The airman was aware of the elasticity index because he did his high school thesis on polymers receiving much technical information on polymers from the Kodak Corporation in 1962. Prior to his entry into the Air Force he was employed as an Engineer's Aid by a foundation design firm. Also, he graduated from Forbes Trail Tech with an Associate in Science degree in Civil Construction Technology and studied significant, technical level, Physics.
His contributions to the device research were the elasticity, length, and weight of the cable allowing it to absorb the 12Gs of the contact force during the connect. He was preoccupied with writing the preventive maintainance specifications of a telephone van to find time to fill out paperwork on the device and was content in knowing he had helped his fellow G.I.s.
Very little information can be found about the Fulton Rescue Unit. Apparently, it was never submitted to the patent and Trademark Office since it was only used by the government. The airman had developed an improved connect apparatus providing less hazard to the front of the aircraft and the propellors, but could find no one to discuss it with. The device has been mothballed; since high speed, long distance helicopters can accomplish the task.
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