Ground to air rescue fly by using skyhook to pick up people without landing 
@stux There's gotta be some whiplash involved with that...
@RyanWelsh @stux
Seriously, no doubt about whiplash.... The human body isn't meant for that kind of abuse. Some people might think the immediate danger would be the hooking system (I would propose a magnetic system instead, like what used to be found in a few junk yards), but the real problem is the sudden force to the body- more so the specific points of the harness that will pull the torso with it.
Though, if you'd rather risk death or injury by friendly force- than torture by the enemy, this would be a no-brainer solution.
@lucifargundam @stux My only thought is that there **has** to be some kind of elastic or bungie in play to survive that kind of yankage.
And watching the clip, it *sort* of looks like the man's velocity ramps up. Here's to hoping?
@RyanWelsh @stux
No elastic... But supposedly no whiplash due to harness design... I'm still not convinced, but apparently it's too late to catch a flight :/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulton_surface-to-air_recovery_system
@RyanWelsh @stux
At least there's still commercial Halo jumps available. If you really want to go down the reverse route, maybe find a daring pilot to outfit their plane? Though that's more dangerous than the "conventional"(haha) deployment of service required.
@lucifargundam @stux Damn. All the more hardcore then.