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Re:Rocket Will Be Recaptured in Midair with a Helicopter by chiph on Tuesday April 14, 2015 @09:58AM (#9374244)
Corona used a C-130 system as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-air_retrieval#/media/File:C...

Thinking about it, it might be a weight constraint to cause them to use a helicopter. The sudden capture of an object weighing a few thousand pounds by a plane flying 350 mph could be too dangerous.

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Re:Rocket Will Be Recaptured in Midair with a Helicopter by JshWright on Tuesday April 14, 2015 @10:18AM (#9374386)
The major difference between Corona and Fulton is that Fulton is not mid-air (and therefore involves the thing being retrieved getting a saltwater bath).
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Re:Rocket Will Be Recaptured in Midair with a Helicopter by astrodust on Tuesday April 14, 2015 @10:43AM (#9374613)
There are some pretty big helicopters out there that wouldn't blink at picking up a load like this. The Chinook is used for cargo transport quite frequently: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_CH-47_Chinook
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