Harrier Carriage System

[BillHicksRules]

Dear All,

I am trying to remember the name of a proposed system for use with the Harrier.

It was a pod system to be used for cargo or personnel movement.

I can recollect an artist’s impression publicity pic showing a RAF Harrier carrying two of these pods. In one pod was a SF trooper and in the other there were supplies for said trooper.

Can anyone help with the name of this system?

Cheers

BHR

[WE Branch Fanatic]

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[BillHicksRules]

WEBF,

Thanks for that.

I am not that surprised that you had the answer.

Cheers

BHR

[Onan the Clumsy]

...until it fell off when it became known as...




...exeunt

[Trumpet_trousers]

...until it fell off when it became known as...




...exeunt

or even exgrunt, if it was loaded at the time..

[Onan the Clumsy]

of course as long as it stayed on it'd be called...


...extant

[BEagle]

Whereas after disembarking said grunt, the real name would be:

EXLAX

[Art Field]

If it fell off ,would it not be explain?.

Or after a birdstrike, expect.

Or as an afterthought, expensive.

[PT6ER]

Diverting the thread a tad, but I remember seeing artist's impressions (in the days before computer graphics!) where a Harrier sans undercarriage was to be held on a gyro stabilized boom off the side of a ship. The pilot began the hover and the boom disengaged. Upon return, the pilot re-entered the hover and he was "cherry picked" back to safety. Extra payload in place of the gear and a small ship capability but it never went anywhere.

Back to thread...sorry!

[mystic_meg]

Diverting the thread a tad, but I remember seeing artist's impressions (in the days before computer graphics!) where a Harrier sans undercarriage was to be held on a gyro stabilized boom off the side of a ship. The pilot began the hover and the boom disengaged. Upon return, the pilot re-entered the hover and he was "cherry picked" back to safety. Extra payload in place of the gear and a small ship capability but it never went anywhere

..oh God, I feel a WEBF reply coming at any moment...

[Onan the Clumsy]

Guppy and B36

[BEagle]

It was known as 'Skyhook' and was trialled in 1982 using the bona jet demonstrator G-VTOL and a 'smart' crane.

[LateArmLive]

Skyhook - No thanks Hovering alongside is hard enough work without some muppet swinging a crane arm towards you!

[Onan the Clumsy]

I'd rathere try it in a Harrier than a helicopter

[really not]

Onan the Clumsy I'd rathere try it in a Harrier than a helicopter

It was normally the other way round after the hover position nozzles jammed or that single engine packed up alongside!
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