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How to solve that pesky problem of takeoff as
aircraft get bigger and heavier? Launch planes from the back of
high-speed trains! Get those heart attacks in early!
Good
to see that a crazy idea dies hard. In the 1960s the
idea had a new lease on life, only this time it was getting jetliners
airborne by towing them behind huge compressed-air catapults.
Stylish, yet insane. |
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