great harrier role idea

hello all new to the board,
i can recall the man-pod being used in a “james bond” film, cant remember the name on the movie, but they used it to get a russian defecter out, think it was a t.dalton film, seem to recall some good shots of the harrier flying over the berlin wall,

Your thinking of ”The Living Daylights” but I think the defector escaped in the back seat of a Harrier trainer, he was put in a pod that travelled through a gas pipeline though.

hello all new to the board,
i can recall the man-pod being used in a “james bond” film, cant remember the name on the movie, but they used it to get a russian defecter out, think it was a t.dalton film, seem to recall some good shots of the harrier flying over the berlin wall,

Welcome to the Forum! 😀 I was thinking the same thing? I knew I saw something similar in a movie. I just couldn’t remember which one! Interesting idea? Maybe one day we will see SF or Agents dropped from pods behind enemy lines. Hey, the Aircraft could be stealthy and so could the pod……….Well, we can dream can’t we? :p

hello all new to the board,
i can recall the man-pod being used in a “james bond” film, cant remember the name on the movie, but they used it to get a russian defecter out, think it was a t.dalton film, seem to recall some good shots of the harrier flying over the berlin wall,

I wonder if a GPS guided pod could deposit one or more soldiers to a precise location safely and from stand off range? :rolleyes:

Yes, HALO has nothing to do with cannisters or pods, it involves paratroops (usually, but not always, Special Forces) leaving the aircraft at several thousand feet (I don’t know the usual number) above ground level, but not opening the parachute until just enough altitude is left for the chute to slow them to a safe landing speed before touching down.

In most parachute landings, most of the descent with the chute open is done at the same speed, HALO simply removes all that slow, wind-affected gliding and converts the “flight” into more high-speed, controlled falling.

this might sound a little silly but does anyone know about the HALO system used by the Specfors? (High Altitude Low Opening), it’s a bomb like cannister that has a guidence head on it, much like the ones used on the LGB’s, and is used to drop supplies in behind the lines whilest the dorp plane remains out of reach of most SAMS.

Isn’t HALO a parachuting technique ?

this might sound a little silly but does anyone know about the HALO system used by the Specfors? (High Altitude Low Opening), it’s a bomb like cannister that has a guidence head on it, much like the ones used on the LGB’s, and is used to drop supplies in behind the lines whilest the dorp plane remains out of reach of most SAMS.

Well like I said Scoot: they withdrew the idea due to concerns, but I think they withdrew it from public knowledge but went ahead with it!

Well, in the World of US Black Projects. Who knows………… 😮

Well like I said Scoot: they withdrew the idea due to concerns, but I think they withdrew it from public knowledge but went ahead with it!

I wonder if any have been used operationally???? :rolleyes:

I’ll dig up the ones I have in a mag (I think it was AFM or AI) and it shows a pod that had two people seated in it.

I’ve since several proposed models. From simple one man pods to much larger and complex four manned ones…………….. :rolleyes:

Here is a site that proposes operating personal pod equipped F-35B’s from converted Iowa class battleships! http://www.combatreform.com/battleships.htm

Scoot: you are a bleeding legend mate, it’s different to the one I saw before but very much like the one I visualised many years ago.

To tell you the truth, I got the idea watching the old BBC series “The World at War” all about WWII, I remember seeing Russian paratroops climbing out of nooks on a Tu-4.

Scoot: mate share the wealth, post the designs, I know for one I’d like to see them (mainly to see if they are anything like what I immagined many years ago.

Here you go…………….JPOD’s 😀

www.geocities.com/usarmyaviationdigest/sld002.htm?200524

www.geocities.com/usarmyaviationdigest/sld004.htm?200524

Scoot: mate share the wealth, post the designs, I know for one I’d like to see them (mainly to see if they are anything like what I immagined many years ago.

I just saw it on the web a couple days ago. I’ll dig it up and post it………. 😎

The company formerly known as McDonnell-Douglas (swallowed by Boeing) was working on a Ground Rescue Insertion Extraction Resupply pod (GRIER) for its AV-8B Harrier II V/STOL attack jet that would carry two men inside, taking advantage of that aircraft’s ability to land and take-off vertically. This pressurized pod on the outer wings like a fuel tank would allow a 4-man LRS or SF special recon team to insert under the cover as being part of an attack jet “strike package”, and/or to dart in and rescue downed pilots faster and with better armament

I’ve recently seen pictures of the Harrier Designed Pods.

Scoot: mate share the wealth, post the designs, I know for one I’d like to see them (mainly to see if they are anything like what I immagined many years ago.

I wonder if the F-35B will ever use these pods, it might make a good stealthly CSAR candidate? I wouldn’t fancy being a passenger though 🙂

Interesting idea! Especially, with the super fast and stealthy F-35B. I’ve recently seen pictures of the Harrier Designed Pods. Which, would have to be carried externally. On the other hand the weapons bay of a F-35B. Should be big enough to carry one – two people! If, you look at the otherside of the coin. Could two to four SF do a halo jump from a JSF????? :rolleyes: