Airdrop
As has been reported, ULLA/LAPES was used by the Beverley although I don't think it was ever used operationally. Please somone correct me if I am wrong. I have used it in the USA from C-130s in 1964 as well as the PLADS system and it was used in Vietnam. We did quite a few ULLA trials on JATE at Abingdon in the early 70s with the C-130K but I don't think it ever caught on in the RAF. I am not privvy to the latest black arts as practised by the SF world anymore, but it seems that the USAF system of GPS controlled high level parachute drop has some merit. If I am straying into forbidden territory, please shut me up but it seems the RAF have not moved very much in the last 50 years. Apologies for the thread creep.