The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) uses HC-130 aircraft for search and rescue (SAR) and other missions. The aircraft are presently equipped with two to four 20 person inflatable life rafts, stowed in cells in the wings. Similar rafts are also used for SAR missions, dropped to survivors from low altitude. The existing HC-130 wing life rafts are reversible, and rely primarily on a drogue both to reduce drift rates and ...
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