We disengaged the drogue and moved to the right side of our lead's aircraft. |
The Viking crew verified the trailing-wire antenna was in and the drogue seated. |
A shuttlecock drogue can be trailed behind the boom and used to refuel aircraft equipped with refuelling probes. |
Then he loses the drogue and deploys a parafoil-type chute under which he glides the capsule all the way to the ground. |
The winch would have to have some kind of rewind capability and a small drogue to ensure it couldn't recoil into the tug's propeller. |
Once when they tried to frighten it off, it seized the drogue rope and gave the dinghy a spin. |