This has already been done using specially equipped C-130s and I believe a similarly equipped C-119 or C-123. They were retrieving film canisters dropped from USAF spy satellites. Douglas aircraft for similar purposes proposed using a helicopter or a helicopter device. They eventually dropped the program. Regarding the present program as illustrated in the photo I can envision the captured parachute wrapping itself around the helicopter or the tail rotor or the main rotor. Maybe that is why NASA is using helicopter stunt pilots.
