Originally Posted by Tourist
Rescue needs a helicopter, or yes a ship.
...and don't make me laugh that dropping a life raft is a "rescue".
You get rescued in most cases
from a liferaft, not into one.
Yes I would agree that that is the way to describe the SAR aspects of an MPA, as a freebie bonus if you have the aircraft.
Pardon me for being pedantic, but...
Originally Posted by Wikipedia
...Fulton first used instrumented dummies as he prepared for a live pickup. He next used a pig, as pigs have nervous systems close to humans. Lifted off the ground, the pig began to spin as it flew through the air at 125 mph (200 km/h). It arrived on board uninjured but in a disoriented state.
Once it recovered, it attacked the crew.[2]
The acceleration experienced by the pickup was 7
g's.
[3]
Later the US Navy tested the Fulton system fitted to modified
S-2 Trackers carrier based antisubmarine patrol aircraft for use in rescuing downed pilots. It is unknown whether a Fulton equipped S-2 was ever used on a combat mission...