Now I have mentioned the 'snatch' I had better say something about it.
When the Falklands was recovered the airfield at Stanley was hors de combat. To get mail to the forces was straightforward enough by airdrop but how to get the replies out ? Hence the snatch was born.
It had been done in WW2 and lots of film etc existed. What did not exist (or could not be found) were any drawings of the hook etc. So a bit of trial and error resulted in a hook that would fly in a stable manner behind the a/c.
Initially the rewind was done by four Air Despatchers but a mod allowed the winch to be powered via the aux hyd system. All my pics are of the trials, I did not fly on the down south trips. A few more pics to follow.