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This is fun, so let's think a bit further and add an aircraft carrier to get your ground-attack ultralight across most of the med in style. You can even station nearby for several days. A buddy of yours could drive a powerboat. You can leave it far enough back that the coast guard can't tie the powerboat to the unfortunate sinking of rats. Launching a paraglider from a boat is trivial, it's being done regularly. The tricker part is the same as with the real aircraft carriers, landing when you return from your mission. Perhaps do the reverse of launching. Drop a line onto the boat, and let the moving boat slowly winch you in. It'll take some practice, but nobody said that aircraft carrier based attacks are easy. But "projecting power" across the sea can be done by individuals, not just nation states.
Oh one more thing, you probably want your chute to be of bluish/grey color to blend in with the sky and the sea. Man, I should write a book with this storyline...
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[–] FashGordon ago (edited ago)
This is fun, so let's think a bit further and add an aircraft carrier to get your ground-attack ultralight across most of the med in style. You can even station nearby for several days. A buddy of yours could drive a powerboat. You can leave it far enough back that the coast guard can't tie the powerboat to the unfortunate sinking of rats. Launching a paraglider from a boat is trivial, it's being done regularly. The tricker part is the same as with the real aircraft carriers, landing when you return from your mission. Perhaps do the reverse of launching. Drop a line onto the boat, and let the moving boat slowly winch you in. It'll take some practice, but nobody said that aircraft carrier based attacks are easy. But "projecting power" across the sea can be done by individuals, not just nation states.
Oh one more thing, you probably want your chute to be of bluish/grey color to blend in with the sky and the sea. Man, I should write a book with this storyline...