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Re: Europa-List: Monowheel carrier landings

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Monowheel carrier landings
From: Robert Borger <rlborger@mac.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:17:29

Whooooo...  I had heard about the U-2 carrier trials when I was in the  
USAF.  That's the first video or pics of any sort I have seen of it.   
Pretty darn cool.

They sure didn't need a catapult to get it back in the air.  It only  
needs a couple hundred feet to be airborne.

Thanks Ron!

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On Sep 27, 2008, at 22:01, rparigor@suffolk.lib.ny.us wrote:

>
> Must have been flown by Air Force pilots with all the trouble they had
> keeping
> it pinned on the deck.
>
>   http://www.creativefission.com/Frame_MOV_Carrier320x240.html
>
>



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