Stinson L-5 Sentinel

Stinson Sentinel L5

This airplane is right around 80 years old.


Stinson L-5 Sentinel (1942)
AIRBOYD
During WW2 it was used by the Navy and the Marines in the Pacific as an artillery spotter.


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This might be the third cable-and-aircraft system I have come across. James Bond used one in Thunderball. The military also snatched gliders off of the ground using cables trailed from aircraft.